Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 9/28/21 on page A1
A Monroe County sheriff ’s deputy has been assigned to Pittsford Sutherland High School this week after a video circulated in which a white student brandished an air gun and threatened to “kill n—–s.”
It was one of several recent incidents that demonstrate the district’s stated efforts to combat racism among its students have not entirely taken root. In another, white students at Barker Road Middle School used the same slur while texting among themselves about enrolling Black people in “slave training” so they could “be on the field working like (expletive)s should.”
In a letter to parents, Superintendent Michael Pero asked them to “join me and our school community in condemning hate filled, derogatory, racist speech and racist actions in any and all forms.”
The incidents — in his letter, Pero said there had been “multiple,” but did not say how many — are the latest in Pittsford, the county’s wealthiest school district and one where Black students make up just 3% of the enrollment.