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Alamance-Burlington School System teacher resigns after controversial social media posts

According to the district, the posts came after the nationwide protests in the wake George Floyd's death.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A teacher in the Alamance-Burlington School System has resigned after she posted controversial comments about George Floyd protests on social media.

During the nationwide protests addressing police brutality and racial inequality, the teacher posted about the protests. ABBS confirmed the teacher worked at Audrey Garrett Elementary School. Her comments were made on a WFMY News post last Friday night.

The teacher resigned Friday, officials said. [Correction: A previous version of this article incorreclty stated the teacher had been fired.]

ABSS said the teacher had been under investigation earlier this week.

The teacher's comments led the school system to post a statement to its social media accounts about diversity in the school district. 

"Recently, we received notification of inappropriate and insensitive language posted on social media by one of our employees in clear violation of our employee code of ethics. As of today, the individual is no longer employed by the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education," the statement said in part.

The district ended the letter by saying, "Together, we will be successful as One ABSS." 

Saturday morning, leaders of NAACP and ABBS met to address the comments in a press conference:

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