Athens News Matters: Many Still Furious After Clarke County School Employee Invoked Nazi Symbolism

WUGA | By Kara Nelson,

Chris Shupe

Published February 4, 2022 at 4:34 PM EST

Many in the Athens community are still furious with the Clarke County School District after an administrator at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School invoked Nazi symbolism when directing a teacher to take down a pro-LGBTQ piece of student artwork.

Cameron Harrelson from Athens PRIDE joins WUGA's Chris Shupe to talk about the controversy.

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Kara Nelson

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Chris Shupe

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.

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