High School KKK Reenactment: Your Thoughts

A North Georgia high school history teacher made news when she allowed some of her students to dress in white, KKK-like robes as part of a video-taped historical reenactment in one of her classes.

Catherine Ariemma, a history teacher at  Lumpkin County High School in Dahlonega, was placed on administrative leave after allowing for students to wear mock Ku Klux Klan robes as part of a class project. Ariemma says the costumed students were taking part in a reenactment about the history of racism.

Some black students in the lunchroom became upset when they saw the students walking through the cafeteria in the outfits.  Ariemma says she was escorting the students who wear wearing sheets and didn't realize lunch was in session.

Ariemma faces suspension or possible termination. She says she's received strong support from current and former students and parents. She says she deeply regrets the incident, and she used poor judgment.