[Sndbox] Principal Reassigned For Racial Slur

[Jen --]

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- An elementary school principal who used a racial slur while lecturing students about name-calling has agreed to be reassigned. Mary Rita Sheldon, who headed Overbrook Educational Center for four years and has worked in the district for more than 30 years, will transfer to the district's central office, officials said. Officials said Sheldon, who is white, used a derogatory word for blacks during a November 5 meeting with students. The incident became public when three parents complained at a School Reform Commission meeting last month. "She contended all along that she used it after children were using it, to say, simply, that this is not an appropriate word, this is a horrible word," district spokeswoman Cecilia Cummings said Tuesday. Cummings said Sheldon asked to be reassigned to avoid controversy. The school serves visually impaired children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Sheldon did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday.   Jen --

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