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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am writing to let you know that our admin team is aware that there are at least two recent posts on some social media platforms from an individual that has been incorrectly identified as a
current Berkeley High School student.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the video posts, the person says a number of overtly racist, inflammatory statements, directed specifically at
African Americans.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am purposefully not linking to the posts in this message, as I refuse to spread these sentiments even more widely, and I trust that
our community will understand that decision.</span></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While we are obviously very limited in our ability to respond given that this person is an adult and a non-student, I am writing this message to our community for a few reasons.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I
want our students and families to know that we are aware of the video, but more importantly that we know that even though this is not a student of ours, the statements have the very real power to cause harm, to reopen wounds based on past events, and to cause
students to feel unsafe and upset in general.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I want our staff to know that many students will likely be talking about having seen this video, will be
upset, and will want to talk about it. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Staff, please reach out to an administrator if you have questions about how best to deal with and process this with your students; we are all available for support.</span></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">Erin Schweng</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Jenny Fosket, and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">BUSD 2017-2018 Calendar:
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" id="LPlnk190360" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(1, 176, 240); font-size: 11pt;">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></span><br>
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