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Parent urges clearer communication after racist, antisemitic graffiti at Wyoming high school
Summary
At a Wyoming City Schools board meeting a parent recounted discovering threatening graffiti at the high school and urged the district to be transparent, denounce the incident explicitly and support an anti-bias response; the board acknowledged the report and said the matter is ongoing.
Chandra Napora, a Wyoming resident and parent, told the school board she learned from her children of racist and antisemitic graffiti discovered in a high-school bathroom and criticized the district’s communication about the incident. Napora said many parents found out only from students and urged the district to name exactly what was written and make a clear, unequivocal statement condemning it.
Napora described what she understood to have been written and urged full transparency. “My understanding of what was written was, ‘make Wyoming Aryan again, get rid of the Jews and the emperor,’” she told the board, and said that vagueness from school communication undermines efforts to combat hate. She called for explicit denouncement of the act, clarity on consequences for perpetrators and a stronger parent notification practice.
The parent offered the school assistance and pointed to community resources that could help the district mount an anti-bias response, including local organizations with experience in this work. She also said she had reached out by email to the principal and asked the board to back a swift, unequivocal, anti-bias-informed response.
Board members acknowledged the comment and said the matter is ongoing. At the meeting they did not announce a final outcome or new measures; speakers indicated the district would continue to work on a response and follow up with the community.
Why this matters: Parents said they learned about the threatening messages from students rather than through district channels, raising questions about notification practices after security or bias incidents at schools. The parent framed the request as both a demand for clarity and an offer to help design an effective response.
The board did not take a formal vote on any policy change at the meeting. Napora’s comment and the board’s acknowledgment leave open questions about whether the district will issue a more detailed parent notification or pursue a specific disciplinary or restorative process. The board indicated the incident is under active consideration.
