Racist vandalism discovered on wall of Spring Valley High School

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Columbia’s Spring Valley High School is reacting to what its principal described as hateful and racist messages that were spray-painted in the high school’s bathroom.

The graffiti was deeply offensive to our entire community, and it’s important for you to know that Spring Valley High will not tolerate students being targeted because of their race, Principal Jeff Temoney said in an email sent to parents Wednesday. .

Temoney did not describe the messages found in the toilets, but images on social media show the words F— Blacks scrawled above a row of sinks alongside a drawing of what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood.

The posts were immediately deleted and all toilets were checked to ensure no other areas were defaced, Temoney said. District and school administration will continue to investigate to find those responsible.

Bristow Marchant covers local government, schools and the Lexington County community for the state. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 2007. He has over 10 years of experience covering South Carolina at the Clinton Chronicle, Sumter Item and Rock Hill Herald. He joined The State in 2016. Bristow won the 2015 SC Press Associations Award for Best Series and was part of award-winning US election coverage in 2016. Support my work with a digital subscription

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