Tenafly teacher, principal placed on paid leave after student's controversial Hitler report
A teacher and the principal from Maugham Elementary School in Tenafly have been placed on paid leave pending a district investigation into a controversial assignment that led to an 11-year-old student writing an essay from the perspective of Adolf Hitler.
In a letter sent to parents Thursday night, Tenafly Superintendent Shauna DeMarco said the assignment violated the district's curriculum and that "an attempt to individualize the project resulted in the student receiving misguided instruction from the teacher."
DeMarco said the school erred in hanging the essay publicly in the school, which brought notice to the assignment before a parent posted a photo of the essay online, eliciting outrage toward the school, but also the child who wrote the essay and their family.
“This has had a devastating impact on the student involved and their family, who have been thrown into turmoil through no fault of their own," DeMarco wrote, adding, “It has also been incredibly painful for our Jewish community members in the face of increasing instances of antisemitism around the country.”
Read more: https://www.app.com/story/news/bergen/tenafly/2021/06/03/tenafly-hitler-project-nj-teacher-principal-involved-placed-leave/7536172002/
(Asbury Park Press)
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