Utah Republican slams school principal over incident in which Jewish teacher was forced to hide in locked room

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Tampa Free Press

Republican Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah pressed public school administrators Wednesday on whether to punish students, teachers and a principal who allegedly took part in anti-Semitic incidents, focusing on the harassment of a Jewish teacher at a New York high school lay. Owens first questioned New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks about the disciplinary action taken after a Jewish high school teacher was targeted by students in a November incident at Hillcrest High School after she posted a photo of herself attending a pro-Israel rally during Wednesday’s hearing…

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