School system has little to say about Wyandotte video incident

The St. Mary Parish school system says it won't comment on a video of a Wyandotte Elementary student posted on social media beyond saying it is "addressing the situation in accordance with our established policies and guidelines."

A press release Monday said Wyandotte staffers were notified of the video Aug. 9.

The school system's press release asked readers to "please be assured that we are handling this matter with the utmost confidentiality to protect all individuals involved, particularly the student.

"The student's family has made a formal request for privacy and should not be contacted regarding this issue. Accordingly, no further comments will be made on this matter to adhere to confidentiality requirements."

The school system "committed to upholding the highest standards of privacy," the press release said.

There is no official word about the nature of the video or who posted it. Unofficial social media posts have linked the video to a specific teacher. Some have said he was fired over the matter and have come to his defense.

A woman who identified herself as the teacher's sister said on Facebook that a video showed a student, with her face covered, who told the teacher her hair looked like the butterflies he taught her about.

Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna made a social media post of his own, discouraging people from staging a protest at Wyandotte, and suggesting instead any protest should be directed at the St. Mary Parish Central Office Complex in Centerville.