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Sounds a lot like kids just being awfull its something they tend to do.
Also nypost doing everything they can to sell the story. I would want to see this reported somewhere with a better reputation.
Looks like the issue is mostly that there’s nobody disciplining these kids. Although it’s very annoying that the article conflates real anti-Semitic incidents (Hitler salutes, drawing swastikas) with students expressing support for Palestine.
I wondered if that was the point of the article.
Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s an other side to the story that’s been omitted.
In response, the city Department of Education said it will launch a probe: “There is currently no evidence that these claims are true, but we are investigating the claims.”
“We can’t do anything because the students claimed they were trying to have an ‘academic conversation,’” staffers quoted her as explaining.
About 40% of Origins students are Muslim. DOE stats list 22% as Asian, 22% Black, 17% Hispanic and 32% white.
Kaminsky is pro-Israel, but aims for neutrality in lessons and at cultural events, she said: “As history teachers, we know how to discuss controversial and sensitive topics while looking at all points of view, and encouraging kids to become critical thinkers.”
The same week in October when three swastikas were scrawled on walls and other objects, “KKK” was written on a black girl’s notebook; and the n-word used against other black girls, Beaudry reported.
“The LGBTQ community is being taunted and terrorized every single day,” he said.
“The school is a ticking time bomb,” said Beaudry, 48, an ex-cop and father of three.
The building also houses two charter schools and a DOE transfer school for older kids behind in credits.
One alleged that the acting principal left the school building after a student had collapsed in cardiac distress — not waiting for the ambulance or the boy’s frantic parents to arrive.
The principal has accused both of various offenses, including insubordination for actions like calling parents without her permission, but neither has been officially charged.
insubordination for actions like calling parents without her permission
To the principal that’s insubordination, to me it’s a big red flag. A teacher should not require formal permission to contact a student’s parents.
And in this particular case, maybe the teachers are calling parents directly because administration refuses to do anything at all regarding student discipline, and the teachers are simply trying to get the behaviors corralled by any means possible just so they can get back to teaching the kids who want to learn; if so, again, that’s a much bigger problem than the fact that a teacher called a parent, IMO.
