(CNN) A staff member at an Oregon elementary school has resigned after complaints that she told a group of students that they were lucky she didn't make them "pick cotton." The employee, who has not been identified, reportedly made the comments to a group of 5th graders on May 31 during lunch at Linwood Elementary School in Milwaukie, which is just outside Portland. Parent Syreeta Spencer complained to the school when she found out what happened. Syreeta Spencer and her daughter Jasmyn were hurt and angry after a school aide's racist comment. Her daughter Jasmyn told KPTV that the staff member told her and her classmates that they couldn't go outside because they were being too loud and then threatened to record them misbehaving so she could show it to their parents.

Source: CNN June 13, 2019 21:56 UTC