http://gratewire.com/topic/parents-angered-over-waterbury-teachers-alleged-racist-remark News & Opinion - Grated Fresh Daily en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 00:03:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://gratewire.com/search.php http://gratewire.com/topic/parents-angered-over-waterbury-teachers-alleged-racist-remark#post-106523 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:32:06 +0000 Black Lion 106523@http://gratewire.com/ <p>Teacher forgets kid's name, calls him 'black boy'</p> <p>We've all had moments when someone's name has temporarily slipped our memory. Most of us, however, don't resort to racial slurs as a placeholder. That's allegedly what one Connecticut middle school teacher did last month when she apparently forgot the name of a student and instead <a href="http://www.wfsb.com/story/18727866/waterbury-teacher-allegedly-calls-student-black-boy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">referred to him</a> as "black boy." Kathleen Pyles, a math teacher at North End Middle School in Waterbury, Conn., became agitated when the student corrected her when she called him the wrong name, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/kathleen-pyles-connecticu_n_1580779.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reportedly responding</a>, "How about black boy? Go sit down, black boy." Pyles has been placed on administrative leave while school officials investigate.</p> <p><a href="http://now.msn.com/now/0608-teacher-student-black-boy.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://now.msn.com/now/0608-teacher-student-black-boy.aspx</a></p> http://gratewire.com/topic/parents-angered-over-waterbury-teachers-alleged-racist-remark#post-106522 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:30:57 +0000 Black Lion 106522@http://gratewire.com/ <p>Parents angered over Waterbury teacher's alleged racist remark</p> <p> </p> <p><span>WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) - </span></p> <p>Parents and the NAACP spoke out Thursday night during a Board of Education meeting in Waterbury after hearing a teacher referred to a student as a "black boy".</p> <p>The math teacher, Kathleen Pyles, has been placed on paid administrative leave after accusations surfaced that she made the racist remark to the student.</p> <p>However, many feel further action is needed against the teacher.</p> <p>"It's not acceptable. I think they should let her go, we can't accept this from anybody," Helen Taylor said.</p> <p>Parents felt if Pyles could not remember the student's name, there are several other ways she could have addressed him.</p> <p>"She doesn't seem like a racist," said Wendaliz Hernandez. "She was nice."</p> <p>Hernandez, an eighth grader at the school, was surprised to hear about the alleged comment, although she said she wouldn't like it if she was referred to by the color of her skin.</p> <p>"I don't know what she said to him, but just don't be racist," she said.</p> <p>Officials at the North End Middle School said a parent filed a complaint after learning of the incident.</p> <p>"We wish to assure parents that we take this allegation very seriously," said Waterbury Public Schools COO Paul F. Guidone. "We do not tolerate or condone the claimed behavior from our staff, and if the allegation of making racist remarks is proven true, the district will take appropriate action."</p> <p>North End Middle School officials said the teacher would remain on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.</p> <p>School officials said Pyles has only been at the school about a year and before that was in Kentucky.</p> <p><em>Copyright 2012 </em><a href="http://www.wfsb.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>WFSB </em></a><em>(Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.</em></p> <p><div><a href="http://www.wfsb.com/story/18727866/waterbury-teacher-allegedly-calls-student-black-boy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.wfsb.com/story/18727866/waterbury-teacher-allegedly-calls-student-black-boy</a></div><br /> <div></div> </p>