School Boards and Administrations

JNS – At least 30 Jewish families had their transfer requests approved to leave the Oakland Unified School District, per media reports.

JTA – City officials are investigating after students at a Queens high school reportedly rioted over a teacher’s participation in a pro-Israel rally.

WUSA9 – Parents and community members in Fairfax County held a rally outside the school administration building Friday to protest against antisemitism and how officials handled a recent incident.

Fairfax County Times – Jewish students and parents are shocked to learn that Langley administrators this week suspended not only the Muslim student who drew swastikas on the U.S. flag, but also an Asian American classmate whom school officials accused of leaking the photo to the public.

Fox 26 Houston – Dickinson ISD is now investigating complaints from a parent over an allegedly antisemitic incident involving a teacher and their Israeli daughter.

CAMERA – In the wake of a Palestinian terrorist invasion of Israel, the brutal massacres of more than 1000 civilians there, and the taking of numerous hostages, the  Brookline Public School Superintendent sent out a letter to teachers suggesting that “there is no ‘right’ way to respond to a situation like this”and pointed them to anti-Israel sources that justify violence against Israelis and portray the Jewish state as an illegitimate, colonialist entity. After significant pushback by members of the Brookline community, he apologized for and recanted the letter.

Jewish Link – A Westfield Board of Education member, who is being investigated by the New Jersey School Ethics Commission over her alleged antisemitic actions, has lost her position as board vice president.

Jewish Journal – The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education approved two ethnic studies courses that Jewish groups say contain anti-Israel bias.

Click on Detroit – The principal of Bloomfield Hills High School officially resigned after being placed on leave following the controversy over remarks by anti-Israel activist Huwaida Arraf at a school assembly.

NBC 15 News – Michigan public school district is under fire for a “lack of transparency” after a Palestinian-American activist allegedly expressed “antisemitic” sentiments during a diversity assembly.