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Education Minister David Eggen added his voice to those criticizing the staff member's conduct.
"It's inappropriate behaviour that doesn't belong in schools," Eggen said Monday. "It sets a bad example, and I found it very distrubing."
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I do have an issue with Eggen on this. Why the need to escalate the incident with inflammatory language? You were very disturbed? Going to suffer PTSD from the photo, David?
She's a teacher who, at worst, made a mistake. How hard would it be to simply say "We are aware a teacher dressed up as a black celebrity and in doing so was unintentionally offensive. This costume was a mistake and has no place in schools. We are glad that EIPS is taking action to educate the individual and others while issuing an apology." Nope, the Education Minister needs to make this a big deal instead.