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Mr. Timothy Olmstead is no 'Welcome Back, Kotter". He's not Jewish, for instance. But he does have a whacky sense of humor.
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Olmsted resigned after the district placed him on paid leave in the spring after parents complained that he called black students "fat, black and stupid" and told them, "you will never amount to anything" and "you only have one parent," WCCO reported.
The teacher also allegedly forced black students to sit in the back of the classroom, or sit with their desks facing the wall.
"He told the whole entire class that it is easier for him to teach rich white folks than poor black people," Tolbert told WCCO.
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But the educator has a record of controversy. The St. Paul School District reported in 2002 that Olmsted gave a sixth grade girl a birthday card with sexual innuendos, and requested that she read it to the class. He was also accused of giving a graphic description of castrating horses and throwing testicles into a field to feed cats.
-- News-LJ
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Olmsted resigned after the district placed him on paid leave in the spring after parents complained that he called black students "fat, black and stupid" and told them, "you will never amount to anything" and "you only have one parent," WCCO reported.
The teacher also allegedly forced black students to sit in the back of the classroom, or sit with their desks facing the wall.
"He told the whole entire class that it is easier for him to teach rich white folks than poor black people," Tolbert told WCCO.
[...]
But the educator has a record of controversy. The St. Paul School District reported in 2002 that Olmsted gave a sixth grade girl a birthday card with sexual innuendos, and requested that she read it to the class. He was also accused of giving a graphic description of castrating horses and throwing testicles into a field to feed cats.
-- News-LJ
