Officials with a Georgia school district informed that an employee has been fired after she described the first lady as a gorilla on Facebook.

Forsyth County Schools said in a statement that elementary school paraprofessional Jane Wood Allen had been fired on Monday. The statement said, that “racism and discrimination are not tolerated” in the school district.

District spokeswoman Jennifer Caracciolo confirmed on Monday that the decision to fire Allen had been made after officials learned of the Facebook postings.

In the posting, Allen referred to Michelle Obama as a gorilla. She also said, “How is she going to function in the real world, by not having all of her luxurious vacations paid for anymore?” .

Allen ended the post by saying that Michelle Obama has been a disgrace to America.

No one answered the phone on Monday at a number listed for Allen. The number wasn not set up to allow voicemail messages.

By Prakriti Neogi