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Death Threat, Racial Slurs Disrupt Online Class In Batavia D101
That threat prompted District 101 officials to call police, unlike in other incidents they've dealt with during remote learning.
![A Rotolo Middle School online class was interrupted last week by someone making threats and using racial slurs, according to a report.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24075954/20201110/013137/styles/patch_image/public/copcar2___10132903203.jpg)
BATAVIA, IL — Officials at Batavia Public School District 101 recently filed a police report after someone took over an online class and made threats and used racial slurs, the Kane County Chronicle reports.
Someone not associated with the district interrupted a remote learning session Nov. 5 for a class of Rotolo Middle School students, the report states. The person, who sounded like they were using a robotic filter on their voice, used racial slurs and threatened to kill someone, according to the report.
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That threat prompted District 101 officials to call police, unlike in other incident they’ve dealt with during remote learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Chronicle reports.
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Holly Deitchman, the district’s spokesperson, said she believes the teacher let the caller into the virtual classroom without realizing they should not have been, the report states. Deitchman said officials are working with Google to create better safeguards and make it harder for people to get into the district’s virtual classrooms.
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