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Spitting Incident Not Racially Motivated, Shelton School Principal Says Spitting Incident Not Racially Motivated, Shelton School Principal Says
Spitting Incident Not Racially Motivated, Shelton School Principal Says A group of students in a Fairfield County school were thrown out of the Smithsonian’s African American History Museum in Washington, D.C. after a white student spit on a black visitor. A student from the Shelton Intermediate School reportedly spit over a balcony during a visit on Friday, Oct. 11, hitting an African American visitor below. The incident is not believed to be racially motivated, according to school officials. Shelton Schools Superintendent Chris Clouet issued a public apology after the group of students was kicked out of the museum during their annual trip. 
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