MONROE, Conn. – Students at Masuk High School are calling on school board members to permanently remove a classmate over a steady stream of offensive social media posts targeting minorities and the disabled.

Senior Nate Rodriguez told Fox 61 he created a Change.org petition to pressure members of Monroe Public Schools’ board of education to remove a junior at the school who allegedly posts memes and other offensive images and comments about students with special needs, blacks, school shootings and other controversial subjects.

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“Once I got a hold of the photos and I saw just how bad they are, I knew something had to be done,” Rodriguez said. “Unfortunately this had gone on for too long and was going on since last year, so I saw nobody else would take a stand so I decided that this has to be mentioned to everybody and everybody needs to understand that this behavior is not acceptable.”

The petition, posted Tuesday, collected more than 2,400 signatures by Thursday. A district spokesperson told Fox 61 the student is currently suspended.

“As a school who encourages diversity and loves and supports our special needs students, we find it very difficult to maintain peace and focus on our academics,” the petition read. “As a community, we understand the challenges that our special needs students face everyday and we strive to see them succeed and most of all see them happy and provide an everyday oasis free of judgement and alienation.”

Rodriguez’s Change.org page also included a link to a Dropbox page with numerous examples of the offensive material allegedly posted by classmate Chris Paynus.

One meme features a toaster with burnt toast that reads “Toasts are like parents. If they are black, you have nothing to eat.” Another shows a disabled girl holding a sign reading “Please don’t use the word retarded. I am a beautiful person. I am Isabella!” with comments below that read “So we can’t misuse the word ‘retarded’ but we can misuse the words ‘beautiful’ and person.’”

Still other memes – referencing the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, blacks, and the disabled – are equally offensive. In one post, the student allegedly wrote “My freedom of speech allows me to post offensive things, if you don’t like it you don’t have to look at it. F**k PC culture.”

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Paynus “has disrupted our education and poses a distraction to our academics. The students of Masuk High School seek justice to the highest extent possible against [him] and anyone involved in the deplorable actions placed onto social media. Suspension is not enough, we seek more, much more,” the petition read.

“It is despicable and disgusting how one human can be so malicious and still stand by his actions even after retaliation and outroar.”

Masuk principal Joe Kobza would not discuss the situation with the Monroe Courier, and instead emailed a statement to parents this week.

“On Monday, it came to our attention that there was an inappropriate and offensive social media posting in our community, which caused a disruption to our school. We immediately responded and began an ongoing investigation, working in partnership with the Monroe Police Department, Board of Education and the Superintendent,” Kobza wrote.

“As always, the safety of our students is our primary concern. In addition to the immediate consequences, our ongoing investigation and future actions are dedicated to continuing to ensure the physical and emotional safety of all members of the Masuk community.”

Superintendent James Agostine also issued a statement to Fox 61:

I want to reiterate and emphasize that any type of discriminatory or inappropriate behavior by any Monroe Public Schools students, or staff, is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

I remain in contact with Monroe Police Chief John Salvatore, as we continue to work together on the on-going investigation into these very disturbing social media posts that have cast our entire school community in a poor light.

This incident was brought to our attention on Monday of this week and since that time it has been our primary focus.

We have established disciplinary protocols in place, for that reason I am confident that all of our actions taken to date continues to provide a safe environment for our entire school community.