Wisconsin school district releases tape of Black superintendent’s comments that led to resignation

By Scott Bauer and Todd Richmond | The Associated Press FILE – Dr. Claude Tiller Jr. speaks at the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Brown County on July 18, 2023, in Green Bay, Wis. The Green Bay school district on Wednesday, Feb, 21, 2024, released the recording of its first Black superintendent’s appearance on an Atlanta radio show in which he made blunt comments about race relations, criticized the community and derided one of the district’s principals. Tiller Jr. resigned on Saturday after a closed-door meeting with school board members. (Seeger Gray/The Green Bay Press-Gazette via AP, File) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay school district on Wednesday released the recording of its first Black superintendent’s appearance on an Atlanta radio show in which he made blunt comments about race relations, criticized the community and derided one of the district’s principals. Claude Tiller Jr. resigned on Saturday after a closed-door meeting with school board members. On the recording, he is caught during a break from speaking on air during a WAOK-AM radio interview on Feb. 6 referring to a female principal as a “wicked witch” and using a disparaging slang word to describe her. Tiller was in Atlanta...