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5th Grader's Hitler School Project Leads To Teacher's Resignation, Principal's Return 5th Grader's Hitler School Project Leads To Teacher's Resignation, Principal's Return
5th Grader's Hitler School Project Leads To Teacher's Resignation, Principal's Return A Tenafly school teacher has resigned following a 5th-grader’s presentation of the “accomplishments” of Adolph Hitler. The school principal – who’d been suspended with the teacher – is being reinstated, under a vote by the Tenafly Board of Education Monday night. Following the recommendations of Schools Supt. Shauna DeMarco, trustees accepted the unidentified Maugham Elementary School teacher’s resignation -- which will come after a leave of absence ends in January 2022 -- and agreed to return Principal Jennifer Ferrara to the job she’s held for more than a decade. Both had been on paid a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teacher, Principal Suspended Amid Investigation Of School Project On Hitler’s ‘Accomplishments' Teacher, Principal Suspended Amid Investigation Of School Project On Hitler’s ‘Accomplishments'
Teacher, Principal Suspended Amid Investigation Of School Project On Hitler’s ‘Accomplishments' A Tenafly school teacher and principal are both suspended while their district superintendent investigates why a student’s presentation of the “accomplishments” of Adolph Hitler was assigned, as well as why concerns about it were ignored. A preliminary review of the 5th-grade Maugham Elementary School assignment “indicates that the curriculum and learning standards were not appropriately implemented,” said Tenafly Schools Supt. Shauna C. DeMarco (photo above). “An attempt to individualize the project resulted in the student receiving misguided instruction from the teacher,” DeMarco noted in…

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by Jerry DeMarco