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Via: WRAL.com

Parents and students at Athens Drive High School Friday decried the name-calling in the debate over student assignment, saying that both sides in the emotional issue are overlooking the most important job of the school system.

The back-and-forth between proponents of the Board of Education’s move to end busing for socio-economic diversity and those in favor of the current student assignment policy heated up Friday when the state NAACP called for Chairman Ron Margiotta to step down.

Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP, said a comment by Margiotta Tuesday during a heated public meeting was evidence of “racist attitudes” on the board.

Margiotta could be heard saying, “Here come the animals out of their cages.”

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