Renee Thole is a teacher at Mason Middle School in Mason, Ohio. ^{[undefined] [1] [undefined] [undefined]}

Thole teaches social studies at Mason Middle School.

She was hired in 2002.

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On December 4, 2017, Thole told one of her students, Nathan Agee-Bell, that he could be lynched by his classmates for not focusing in class. Nathan was off-task several times and didn’t respond to Thole’s directions for him to focus and get his work done. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [1]}

According to Thole's statement in an investigation file, she stated, “I said to him, (redacted) get to work,” Thole wrote.

“Your classmates are tired of you costing them points.

When you come in tomorrow without your homework completed, you (sic) classmates are going to be angry and then become a mob who will want to lynch you.”

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Thole wrote that Nathan immediately called her remark racist, and she walked over and talked with him. She said she apologized to Nathan and told him she didn’t mean it “the way it came out." ^{[undefined] [undefined] [1]}

Mason City Schools required Thole to attend cultural training. A formal letter of reprimand will also be placed in her personnel file. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [1]}