Fairfax County School Board candidates leave race after laughing at student with autism

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Two candidates for the Fairfax County School Board have dropped out of the race after they were captured on video laughing at a student with autism who sang the national anthem at a board meeting.

The Washington Post reports that Stephanie Lundquist-Arora and Harry Jackson both left the race after their reaction to the student drew strong disapproval from parents online. Jackson told ABC 7News that he was no longer a school board candidate.

Lundquist-Arora wrote in a post on the Independent Women's Network website that she was withdrawing because her laughter at the student had drawn too much harassment.

Lundquist-Arora and Jackson told the Post in statements that they were sorry for laughing at the student.

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