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Hi @PeelSchools, please be informed that a grade school teacher with your district is 1) openly mocking her students’ appearance and posting photos of them on social media 2) tagging the location of the school on her Instagram, putting them in danger. pic.twitter.com/Y3JNwz8EIf — Fool of a Took! (@giaper) June 2, 2018

The board replied that they were conducting an investigation.

“I can confirm this is under investigation by the superintendent of the school and being addressed swiftly. We thank @giaper for bringing it to our attention,” the board tweeted Saturday night.

The board also tweeted: “I can assure you it’s being investigated as anti-Black racism and being taken seriously.”

Spokesman Carla Pereira said Monday that the staff member is an occasional teacher and has been assigned to home during the investigation.

“Assigned to home means she cannot access any assignments (pick up any absences) for the board and cannot contact staff or students while she is home,” Pereira said.

“We don’t yet know how long the investigation will take or what the outcome will be, as we’re just getting started, but want to assure our community that this matter is being taken very seriously by senior leadership of the Peel board.”

The teacher and the school were not named.