Older social media posts surface of Cedar Falls students using racist term

Older social media posts surface of Cedar Falls students using racist term 1 of 2 CEDAR FALLS — Cedar Falls Community Schools has disciplined students over multiple years for social media posts that have recently been shared online.Janelle Darst, a spokeswoman for the district, said officials became aware of the compilations of posts containing a racial epithet about the same time they were dealing with a similar incident last month resulting in student discipline. That involved a photo posted to Snapchat of a white Cedar Falls High School student holding a large cookie on a tray with the N-word written in frosting.However, the compilations of social media posts that also contain the N-word in written or spoken form – some of which originated with district students – predate the incident last month.“We were basically aware of all of those prior” to the cookie incident, said Darst. “Those are either junior high or high school students if they are our students, and the most recent of those are from November.” Posts were also from 2019-20 and multiple previous school years.Students from the high school and both junior highs were disciplined at the time the social media posts first came to light.…
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