After initially refusing to resign, a school board trustee in the western province of Alberta is finally stepping down because he tweeted racist and homophobic comments earlier this year. Jim Andre made comments and jokes denigrating blacks, aboriginals, Jews and others on Twitter.
Although the tweets date back to May, the Battle River School Division in Camrose only discovered them on October 31st. Fellow trustees unanimously accepted Andre’s resignation tendered last weekend. The board chairman says the district is now working on a new social media policy.
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