2 high level PA school administers resign for racist texts. criminal investigation opened

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Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan on Sunday confirmed his office was investigating the district and had received texts from school personnel. He would not identify the subjects or the nature of the texts.

The texts - lewd, sexist, and rife with the "n-word" - were discovered by a district employee transferring data from an old phone to a new device, said the report in the Daily Local News in West Chester.

One local official said he was shocked, and another said the texts did not reflect Chester County.

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Taylor referred to the texts in her speech but did not go into detail. She said in a later interview that she was told about the text messages Aug. 16 and that the superintendent resigned 12 days later. She did not elaborate on how the school board handled the situation.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130923_Report__Racist_texts_behind_Coatesville_resignations.html#zxZeFDpYFtBRU15K.99

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1. 'Just call them all n*****!':

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2429937/Pennsylvania-school-administrators-used-racial-slurs-text-messages-district-issued-cell-phones.html

In one, Donato sent a message to Como that appears to say all black students should have the same last name.

He wrote: 'All should just have whatever first names they want...then last name is N*****!

'Leroy N*****, Preacher N*****, Night train n*****, clarence n*****, Latoya n*****, Thelma n***** and so on.'

The superintendent, who has led the district since 2005 and drew a salary of nearly $200,000 last year, responded: 'Great idea! Joe n***** bill n***** snake n***** got a nice ring to it.'

Transcript excerpts: http://www.scribd.com/doc/169978329/CASD-Transcript-Excerpts

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2. DU thread with links to local coverage and excerpts of texts:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10744690

Interesting to see this story getting wider coverage now.