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RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA and AN­NA-LISA PAUL

At­ten­dance at the Rio Claro East Sec­ondary con­tin­ues to dwin­dle, as staff and stu­dents fear for their safe­ty af­ter a se­ries of death threats were di­rect­ed to­wards teach­ers at the school.

The threats first sur­faced in No­vem­ber, when teach­ers were ac­cused of be­ing racist in mes­sages cir­cu­lat­ed on­line. The threats con­tin­ued in Jan­u­ary, two weeks af­ter school start­ed.