Iowa district probes report of teacher in blackface at party
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An Iowa school district criticized for discriminating against minorities is investigating reports that a teacher wore blackface at a public Halloween party.
The Quad-City Times reports that Walcott Elementary teacher Megan Luloff wore makeup to appear to be African-American at the party Friday night at the Walcott American Legion.
Luloff hasn't returned messages left Thursday by The Associated Press.
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Davenport School District Superintendent Art Tate says "blackface is never appropriate in any circumstance by any person."
The district is under state supervision because a disproportionate number of minority students have been identified for special education and subject to disciplinary actions.
Betty C. Andrews with the Iowa-Nebraska NAACP Conference of Branches says the report "is very disconcerting."
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Information from: Quad-City Times, http://www.qctimes.com