College teacher not returning to District 11 amid white supremacy group allegations

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado Springs District 11 middle school teacher who was on leave for his alleged involvement with a white supremacist group has now left the district.

Andrew Stutts, a seventh-grade science teacher at North Middle School, was placed on leave March 24, according to School District 11. The move came less than 24 hours after the KRDO reported the allegations against Stutts.

The Asatru Folk Assembly tweeted a photo of the teacher in July 2022 identifying Stutts as an apprentice “folkbuilder”, a recruiting and events coordinator position within the group.

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The Southern Poverty Law Center claims that the Asatru Folk Assembly is the largest neo-Volkischhate organization in the United States.

The Anti-Defamation League calls the Asatru Folk Assembly an extremist group, saying the group “emphasizes white identity, asserts that white ethnic Europeans are superior to other races, and proclaims the need to protect the pure white race of extinction”.

On Friday, KRDO obtained a resignation letter from Stutts to School District 11 through the Colorado Open Records Act. The resignation was among many approved at a school board meeting Wednesday night.

The school district confirmed that Stutts was still on leave and would not return until school ended for the summer. According to his resignation letter, Stutts had already planned to leave the district at the end of the school year to find another job before the allegations were published. His resignation letter was filed on March 22, 2023, citing a desire to be closer to his home.

Stutts’ resignation was supposed to take effect at the end of the school year, but according to a district spokesperson, he won’t be back until then.

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