Parents of students attending East Forsyth High School in Gainesville, Georgia, are appalled after a video surfaced of the school’s principal saying the N-word while meeting with a white student. 

As reported by NBC News, Principal Jeff Cheney and two staff members were attempting to break down racially offensive terms to a white student.

“The goal of the meeting was for the student to understand that we must all be sensitive and respectful to others,” officials stated. Cheney wasn’t aware that during the meeting, the student was recording and later shared it.

“Forsyth County Schools believes that at no time and in no context should any variation of the N-word be used. Students and adults make mistakes; Forsyth County School believes that we all can learn from our mistakes,” officials declared in a statement issued to WSB-TV 2 Atlanta,

While in conversation with the local news station, the parents of the students at the school appeared to be in disbelief to discover what had happened.

“Two wrongs don’t make a right,” said Chris King. “We teach our kids to be right and teach our kids to be respectful.”

Another parent also spoke with the Forsyth County News after her daughter showed her the incident video.

 

“My daughter is half Black, so it really upset her,” the parent shared. “[I’m] angry that [Cheney] would feel comfortable enough to say that. Just outright say it without any hesitation right in front of a student. In front of anybody anyways, but at work and around children, and he outright just says the word. To me, that could have just as easily been my daughter that he did that to.”