An Arkansas teacher is facing calls for his resignation after he allegedly compared President Obama and the first lady to monkeys.

Trent Bennett, a science teacher at Malvern High School, is accused of calling Michelle Obama a “nasty chimp” and Mr. Obama a “spider monkey” on his now deactivated Facebook page.

“Michelle Obummer … America’s First Chimp,” he allegedly wrote, according to screenshots published by a local ABC News affiliate. “Just glad to see that nasty chimp and her spider monkey hubby gone for good.”

The Malvern School District confirms they are investigating teacher, Trent Bennett’s Facebook posts. pic.twitter.com/TTnGihQ2Wi — Sarafina Brooks (@KATVSarafina) December 27, 2016

The Malvern School District announced on its Facebook page Monday that it was investigating Mr. Bennett and his alleged “inappropriate” comments.

“Over the Holiday weekend the District became aware of what appears to be a social media post by a district employee on his personal account that was inappropriate, insensitive, and used racially charged rhetoric,” the district said. “In no way are these posts reflective of the District. The District is currently investigating the matter and due to privacy laws and regulations are not able to comment specifically on any details related to the investigation. The District takes this kind of activity very seriously and the appropriate measures will be taken once the investigation is complete.”

Malvern parents and students have planned to boycott the school’s games if Mr. Bennett isn’t removed by the time classes resume on Jan. 9, ABC reported.

“It’s unbelievable, I’m in shock about it, we just want the right thing to happen,” said Tabitha Hughes, who graduated from Malvern High School in 1991.

“Honestly, I don’t think he needs to be teaching,” she told a local NBC News affiliate.

President of the Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP Youth and College Division, Christopher Kingsby, called Mr. Bennett’s alleged comments “heartbreaking,” but he also raised the possibility that the teacher’s account could have been hacked.

“Social media is not always an excellent source of information and social media accounts have been found to be easy to hack,” he said in a statement. “I would hope that a public servant especially a high school teacher who is surrounded by teenagers who are looking to their teachers for guidance wouldn’t make a comment of sort.

“We owe our first family and our president the respect that not only comes with the office of President but the respect of being a human being, and when President-Elect Trump takes office I would hope we would treat him with the same respect we would treat President Obama with.”

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