Update: Comment from Prince William County Public Schools spokesman Phil Kavits:
Here’s what I know. on Tuesday morning, it was discovered that the senior rock at Forest Park High School had been vandalized with racial graffiti. The graffiti was covered with paint, and the school began investigating.
The following day a student and her parent painted over the rock in a white primer base coat, and school colors were to be subsequently painted over that. However, Wednesday night the rock was vandalized again. It was painted over with a metallic gold paint with the word “Better?”
This all remains under investigation anyone found responsible will face appropriate disciplinary consequences.
Original post
Someone painted a racial slur on a spirit rock outside Forest Park High School.
The rock sits at the entrance of the school, located near Dumfries. Teachers and administrators arriving at school Tuesday morning noticed the “N” word had been painted on the rock.
Before the slurs appeared, the rock had been painted for the graduating class of 2016. A picture of the school mascot, a bruin, paw prints, and “2016” was painted on the front of the rock.
The school administration took action after discovering the racial slur, were told, and the rock was painted black.
When teachers and administrators arrived at school this morning, the rock had been painted gold with the word “better?” on it. It is not known who painted the rock gold.
The school’s administration is looking at surveillance video trying to identify who originally painted the racial slur that appeared on the rock Tuesday.
We’ve reached out to the Prince William County Public School Administration office for comment. We’ll update this post once we hear from them.
Forest Park High School will hold a graduation ceremony for seniors at 2 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2016.
