Racial incidents alleged at 2 Kansas City-area schools

RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City school district says it is investigating reports that a teacher used a racial epithet in front of students. Raytown school Superintendent Allan Markley told parents and guardians in a letter that a high school teacher used an epithet directed at Black people during a class discussion on Wednesday. Markley said he could not disclose any potential disciplinary actions facing the teacher. Also Wednesday, a mother of a student of a Blue Springs middle school alleged in a column in the Kansas City Star that her son, who is Black, was taunted because of his race by another student. The district said it could not comment on specific student’s cases.