NJ school: We've addressed educator's trans-rant beer toss

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A New Jersey school district says it has responded in a “swift and serious” way to the case of a vice principal who threw beer on people who were videotaping his wife's extended rant against a transgender woman's use of a public bathroom. In a message on its website, the Neptune school district says that for legal reasons, it cannot make public the action it took regarding Michael Smurro, vice principal of Neptune Middle School. In a statement posted Thursday on the district's website, Crader wrote, “Our response to the well-publicized incident involving a Neptune Board of Education staff member has been swift and serious but cannot be made public. We understand and share the public’s concern and frustration but cannot share more than an assurance that this situation is being addressed, not swept under the rug, and with our students’ social-emotional well-being at the forefront of any of our actions.” The organization that held Friday’s protest called the district’s refusal to reveal its action regarding Smurro “careless and unacceptable.” Video recorded by a patron at a table nearby shows the Smurros at an outdoor dining area.