{"id":2240429,"date":"2024-05-08T18:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/passing-the-trash-k-12-leaders-do-not-remove-teachers-in-face-of-rising-antisemitism\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T22:58:03","slug":"passing-the-trash-k-12-leaders-do-not-remove-teachers-in-face-of-rising-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/passing-the-trash-k-12-leaders-do-not-remove-teachers-in-face-of-rising-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing the trash&#8217;: K-12 leaders fail to address growing antisemitism, keeping problematic teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpassing-the-trash-k-12-leaders-do-not-remove-teachers-in-face-of-rising-antisemitism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Public school leaders informed Congress about\u2063 the failure to dismiss\u2064 educators involved in antisemitic behavior \u200bor inadequately addressing it. During a\u200d House \u2064Education and Workforce subcommittee hearing titled \u201cConfronting Pervasive Antisemitism \u2064in\u200c K-12 Schools,\u201d\u2063 leaders from three districts\u2063 highlighted the issue of &#8220;passing the trash,&#8221; \u2062where teachers are\u2063 moved to other positions instead of being fired due to union policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Public school leaders told Congress on Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>teachers and administrators<\/a> who have either been responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitic<\/a> activity or ineffectual in the face of it often do not get fired from their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">public school districts<\/a> from across the country testified before a House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-education-and-the-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Education and Workforce<\/a> subcommittee in a hearing titled \u201cConfronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools.\u201d Despite several incidents in some of the schools, division leaders said that teachers and administrators involved had not been terminated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what passing the trash looks like in practice,\u201d Erika Sanzi, director of outreach for Parents Defending Education, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cUnions are the sole reason why none of these superintendents can get rid of employees who spew anti-Jewish rhetoric and lead student walkouts for Palestine. None of them were able to say they had fired anyone because their only option is move these employees who have no business working with children to another paid position in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassing the trash\u201d is a common practice, particularly in unions, where teachers who are found to have engaged in even severe misconduct are simply moved to other schools or jobs in the district and are not fired.<\/p>\n<p>David Banks, chancellor of New York City Public Schools, testified on Wednesday that the reason school staff had not been terminated was because of unions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have to follow a process of due process. Our teachers are represented by unions; they have rights,\u201d Banks said.<\/p>\n<p>Banks\u2019s school system was used as a prime example of passing the trash. Members of Congress asked him repeatedly about an incident at Hillcrest High School, where a Jewish teacher was targeted by roughly 400 students who demanded her ouster. The teacher was forced to hide in a locked office in what city Mayor Eric Adams said was a \u201cvile show of antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After being pressured separately by Reps. Brandon Williams (R-NY) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Banks said the school\u2019s principal had been removed from his post but not fired from the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can Jewish students feel safe at New York City public schools when you can\u2019t even terminate the principal of \u2018open-season-on-Jews\u2019 high school or even endorse suspension of student harassment? How can Jewish students go to school knowing that he is still on your payroll?\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>Banks once again made the argument that school employees have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">due process rights<\/a>, but Williams chuckled at the mention of due process.<\/p>\n<p>According to Stefanik, the principal is now the director of teacher development and evaluation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-sf-parents-launching-recall-effort-against-school-board-members\/\" title=\"Report: SF Parents Launching Recall Effort Against School Board Members\">city schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Banks and Montgomery County Board of Education President Karla Silvestre said they have conducted investigations and disciplinary action against faculty who have been accused of \u201cteaching hate\u201d or leading walkouts and protests.<\/p>\n<p>In Montgomery County, Maryland, students have reported teachers who have made allegedly antisemitic remarks, and at least four teachers were placed on administrative leave during investigations into online antisemitic speech. Students also reported swastikas drawn in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers that have been disciplined know that if this happens ever again, there will be deeper consequences up to and including termination,\u201d Silvestre said. She also said her district does not \u201cshy away from imposing consequences for hate-based behavior, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-attacks-on-black-jewish-woman-who-resigned-as-diversity-officer-childrens-book-group-director-announces-retirement\/\" title=\"After Attacks On Black Jewish Woman Who Resigned As Diversity Officer, Children\u2019s Book Group Director Announces Retirement\">including antisemitism<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Silvestre admitted that no teacher had been fired as a result of any of the activity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public school leaders informed Congress that teachers and administrators involved in antisemitic behavior are often not dismissed. 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