A MacArthur Elementary School teacher accused of sending an image of a Black child wearing an ankle bracelet in a text thread with other educators has been placed on administrative leave as the district conducts an investigation, a spokesperson for the Long Beach Unified School District said today.
The teacher, John Solomon, has said he did not send the message and that his phone was hacked. A small investigative team appointed by the teachers union found that his claim was “simply not credible,” according to the team’s conclusions, which were reviewed by the Long Beach Post.
The district had previously punted on investigating Solomon, saying the message, which was sent in a group chat for the union’s contract bargaining team, fell “outside the scope of the District’s authority to investigate,” according to records reviewed by the Post…