'Abhorrent' tweet sent from Scots school account sparks pupils to call for action on racism
racist conduct” after an “abhorrent” message was tweeted from an official account.More than 400 past and present pupils from Lenzie Academy in East Dunbartonshire have so far put their names to the statement, which is to be sent to headteacher Brian Paterson on Thursday night.It comes after council chiefs launched an investigation into a tweet mocking the Take the Knee campaign, launched in the wake of George Floyd’s death, which was sent out from the school’s official physics department page last week.The tweet, which has since been deleted, read: “#TakeTheKnee? Aye you can f*** right off”.East Dunbartonshire Council confirmed they had launched a probe, with Depute Chief Executive of Education, People and Business, Ann Davie, saying the