McKinney middle school teachers resign after posting anti-gay and anti-Islamic tweets
McKinney ISD officials said late Friday that the district has accepted the resignations of two middle school teachers who previously posted anti-Islamic and anti-LGBT tweets.
The resignations of Justin Barton and Mark Russell, who both worked at Cockrill Middle School, were "self-initiated," district spokesman Cody Cunningham said in a text. It is unclear when Barton and Russell tendered their resignations, but Cunningham's text said the district accepted them on Friday.
"Mr. Russell and Mr. Barton respectfully request the community and the media respect their privacy regarding this matter, and it is the district's hope this request is honored," Cunningham wrote. "McKinney ISD will move forward to continue to serve the best interests of its students."
The teachers continued to teach at the school last week after the district discovered the tweets, which referred to transgender people as having a "mental illness" and called Islam "a satanic death cult." Some of the tweets dated as far back as at least 2015.
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