Students, parents responding to racial incidents at Thomas Jefferson High School

JEFFERSON HILLS, Pa. — Thomas Jefferson High School students and parents are responding to several recent incidents this week regarding race that have caused outrage.

In just the past week, students in the West Jefferson Hills School District have reported a social media post that included racist language, a threat to hang an African American student, a racial slur carved in school property and an Instagram post of two female students in blackface dancing to a rap song.

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Parents say this is the environment their children are being educated in and they’re outraged.

"Last year my one daughter was spit on and called the N word," Nicole Cole said.

Thomas Jefferson High School students came together to share their experiences Wednesday just days after the post with a threat to hang a student was discussed at a school board meeting. The West Jefferson Hills School District superintendent says that incident is being taken very seriously but parents want to know what about the others.

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