San Ramon high school littered with racist, homophobic stickers

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(SAN RAMON, Calif.) On Thursday, the principal of California High School in San Ramon sent a letter to parents reporting that numerous racist and homophobic stickers were found on school grounds, KRON4 reports.

School administrators have not said who the responsible persons are after the incident took place last month.

“It is deeply disappointing that this kind of behavior continues to take place on the Cal High campus and we want you to know that we take these incidents very seriously,” the school letter read. “In this particular case, we did not send a communication about the incident as soon as it happened. That was a mistake and we are deeply sorry. We should have immediately informed our community.”

The school has implemented several measures geared towards creating “a school culture built on mutual respect for all.” These measures include providing training to school administrators on how to respond to sexist, racist or homophobic remarks.

In addition, members of staff at the school will be participating in workshops focused on creating anti-racist and anti-biased lessons for students.

Students are being offered counseling to cope with the hateful remarks strewn across their campus.

To better deal with these situations, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District has issued a ‘Responding to Discrimination and Hate Handbook’ that outlines the procedures for dealing with such incidents.

The handbook will also be available to members of the community.

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