'We are better than this:' Middleton teachers dress up as border wall, Latinos for Halloween

[Behind the Aegis]

MIDDLETON, Idaho -- The superintendent of the Middleton School District apologized Friday after at least a dozen teachers dressed up as pieces of a border wall and Mexican stereotypes for Halloween.

The teachers at Heights Elementary dressed as the "wall" posed behind large cardboard pieces painted to look like bricks, with "Make America Great Again" spelled out in red-white-and-blue letters. Others donned brightly colored ponchos and sombreros, or mariachi garb. One woman posing in the picture appears to have written MEXICAN in capital letters across the brim of her sombrero.

The photos were posted to the Middleton School District's Facebook page. They were later deleted, but screenshots of the costumes began to circulate, drawing condemnation from people in the district and beyond.

Dr. Josh Middleton, the district's superintendent, said in a video posted to the same Facebook page Friday morning that he wanted to "express my sincerest and deepest apologies" for the costumes.

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[Me.]

1. Aren't They Darling

just the sort you want teaching your children

[Cha]

7. Yeah, brainwashed by trump/foxnuz

[Me.]

8. Scary

and Halloween is past...

[Cha]

11. trump is Terrorizing America &

the Planet and these so-called "teachers" are enabling them.

[Sherman A1]

2. I could understand one or perhaps 2 teachers

going off the deep end and thinking this was a good idea, (they would be wrong, but I figure there are enough stupid ideas floating around that it's bound to happen) but, 6?

These are supposedly well educated folks who are teaching in this or other schools, how in the devil did they get this far in life and draw the conclusion that these costumers were not offensive?

[Dorian Gray]

4. 6?

The article said a dozen teachers.

That's a LOT of shitty judgment.

[Autumn]

10. Teachers in Idaho have some issues . Like feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/idaho-teacher-who-fed-puppy-to-snapping-turtle-charged/277-560694905

[UTUSN]

3. "written 'Mexican' on brim of sombrereos" - & Super launched "investigation" - sounds deep!1

[Merlot]

5. Dr Middleton: your apologies mean nothing unless you take action against the participants

Dr. Josh Middleton, the district's superintendent, said in a video posted to the same Facebook page Friday morning that he wanted to "express my sincerest and deepest apologies" for the costumes.

[Iggo]

6. You can express your deepest and sincerest apologies by firing the lot of them, Dr Middleton.

We're waiting...

[gopiscrap]

9. those fuckers need to be fired

this is typical of deep red Idaho all of these fuckers down there are so brain washed, no wonder Idaho is one of the worst states for education in the country

[montana_hazeleyes]

12. Of course there was malicious intent. This wasn't just " poor judgment".

They need to go. Screw 'em!

[JCanete]

13. what the everloving fuck. No, they are not better than this, and if that can even happen at a school

clearly the level of engagement on subjects of senstivity, empathy, and reality are not prioritized by the leadership.

[Solly Mack]

14. Obviously you all are not better than "this" or "this" wouldn't have happened.

Fire those teachers/staff.

[Behind the Aegis]

15. Exactly!

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They knew what they were doing, they just didn't think people would really care too much. The "Melania Effect."

[uponit7771]

17. +1, this is EXACTLY their risk-reward thought process behind kidnapping children at the border

[Solly Mack]

19. And the district doesn't care or they would have fired them already.

But Dr. Middleton of Middleton School District in Middleton, Idaho wants us to believe there was no malicious intent.

Lot of Middletons in that sentence.

[Midwestern Democrat]

23. Can an elementary school really fire 12 teachers during the school year without causing major

disruption to their students? My elementary school had 22 teachers (3 teachers each for grades 1 through 6, 2 Kindergarten teachers, a music teacher, and a gym teacher) - if this school is similar, we're talking about firing over half the faculty! Obviously, there has to be some serious cultural/institutional issues at this elementary school that probably over half the faculty thought this was a good idea.

[Solly Mack]

26. Teaching hate to students already is a disruption of their education. It's already a disservice.

So creating a disruption is not a concern for the school or school district - obviously.

Of course there are institutional issues at the school. More than apparent from the article.

[Wellstone ruled]

28. Well,what would one expect from a

all White Homogenized Group who's religion is all the same. Seen this same crap in the State to the South. But,what the hell,you can pack a 38 cause them Hispanics and Injuns are going to rape the women and Chillern.

[uponit7771]

16. QUESTION: Does open support in a workplace for a racist like Benedict Donald constitute a hostile

... work environment?

I've had this question for a while

Thx in advance

[suffragette]

18. Scary to think what they are teaching the children.

[cwydro]

20. All I know about Idaho is that Mark Fuhrman moved there.

I guess I can see why.

[Iggo]

24. Back in the late 70s, four or five of my white friends' families moved to Idaho from here in SoCal.

I didn't give it a second thought back then. Coulda been for any reason. But after the Fuhrman thing, I did kinda look back and go "Hmm."

[maxrandb]

21. Obviously you're not

But hey, it's Idaho

[hatrack]

22. This is not some shit-kicking crossroads in the Panhandle . . .

This is part of the Boise/Nampa metro area.

These people should fucking know better, particularly in light of their profession.

Good God.

[Iggo]

25. They might know better. They just don't care. Here's an article by a guy who's from there.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/11/02/34932758/middleton-heights-elementary-is-a-nightmare

[jmowreader]

27. In Middleton, stupidity is deep-rooted

Check this shit out: Middleton built a new high school in the 1960s. At the time, state law required new public buildings to have sprinklers but the state assumed people would know sprinklers needed to have pipes running to them so they didn’t write into law they had to work. To save money for gym equipment, the Middleton HS designers installed the sprinklers but didn’t plumb them in...so, when a fan overheated in the gym, the school burned to the ground.

And in case you’re wondering, dairy farming is the industry around Middleton. That school is packed with Hispanic students, who I am certain were just thrilled to see their teachers pulling this shit.