When some Madrona K-8 School first-, second-, and third-graders walked in their classrooms in Edmonds on Monday, they were greeted with an unwelcome message scrawled on rooftop skylights: "Fuck [N-word]s."

Other graffiti tags were found on new sidewalks at the school, Principal Lynda Fischer wrote in an e-mail to parents on Monday night. The messages are believed to have been written over the weekend, she said.

"As soon as we saw that the skylights were tagged and it was visible to students we moved student from the classroom until the police report was taken and skylights were cleaned," she said. "We want to emphasize that we take this seriously and want to identify the individual or individuals responsible for this latest incident."

In a statement, representatives from the Edmonds Police Department said some of the graffiti included “political disdain, sexual references and other vulgarity.” Chief of Police Al Compaan called the vandalism “reprehensible” and said he is working with the City of Edmonds’ Diversity Commission.

Fischer noted this was the second graffiti incident at Madrona K-8 this school year. In November, the MyEdmonds News blog reported that "a racial slur and profanity were found on a wall in the school bathroom."

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