In a letter to the school community, Bethel Public Schools Superintendent Christine Carver and Principal Christopher Troetti addressed their anger and sadness in regard to last night's BHS graduation ceremony live stream playing victim to racial slurs by an individual from the public. The incident is being investigated by Bethel Police. Please read the note below from Carver and Troetti.
On behalf of the Bethel Board of Education and the staff of the Bethel Public Schools, we would like to express our anger, frustration, and sadness in telling you why the graduation live stream was taken down last evening. As you probably know, at the beginning of the ceremony an individual from the public typed incredibly offensive racial slurs in the chat feature of the livestream. We made the decision to take it down immediately because we did not want to give that individual a platform for hate. We have contacted the Bethel Police Department to assist us in trying to identify the individual responsible for this hate crime.
It is ironic that we have to send this communication on Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. This hate incident reemphasizes the work that we must do to end racism in our country, state, and community. We will update you on the progress of our investigation.