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Fresno vice principal caught on video disparaging students placed on leave

A Fresno Unified vice principal is on leave following the release of a video showing him allegedly calling female students “Section 8 people” and “ghetto girls,” the Fresno Bee reported.

Fred Veenendaal, a vice principal at Sunnyside High School, is seen on the video making a phone call to someone he addresses as “officer,” when he called the three students those names, according to the Bee. A tense back-and-forth between Veenendaal and the students follows, in which the students accuse him of harassing them.

District spokesperson Nikki Henry told the Fresno Bee that the district is investigating the incident and that Veenendaal is no longer working with students.