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Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock
Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock A student accused of marking a Glen Rock High School desk with anti-Semitic graffiti also conducted troubling online searches, authorities said. District officials “handled the matter by district policy,” Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Borough detectives, meanwhile, have classified the matter as a bias incident, which will affect any delinquency complaints signed against the youngster. In addition to the 9th grade desk graffiti, “the student’s school computer internet search history had also been flagged by the administration due to antisemitic searches,” Ackermann said. Gle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Exposure To Rat Poison Sends North Jersey HS Student, Staffers, Officer, EMTs To Hospital Exposure To Rat Poison Sends North Jersey HS Student, Staffers, Officer, EMTs To Hospital
Exposure To Rat Poison Sends North Jersey HS Student, Staffers, Officer, EMTs To Hospital A Glen Rock High School student, five school staffers, a police officer and two EMTs were all hospitalized following exposure to a rat poison that the youngster brought in on Monday, authorities said. The student had a reaction to the rodenticide known as Thallium, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. All nine people taken to The Valley Hospital and Hackensack University Medical Center on Oct. 2 -- including the student -- were medically cleared, the chief said. "As of this time none are exhibiting any signs of an adverse reaction," Ackermann said late Monday afternoon. A Glen …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Student In Bergen Among Those Who Received Threatening Message From Upstate NY Student In Bergen Among Those Who Received Threatening Message From Upstate NY
Student In Bergen Among Those Who Received Threatening Message From Upstate NY A threat of a mass shooting at a middle school in New York State last week somehow made its way to Glen Rock, where authorities said a student received a disturbing message. The Glen Rock High School student went directly to administrators before the day began last Thursday, March 23, to report it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The threat involved what the chief called “a potential act of violence” at a middle school nearly 75 miles north, in the Putnam County, NY, town of Carmel. "Hello! Would you like to be a part of a GFMS mass shooting?" sources said a TikTok friend request asked. …

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Rampaging Glen Rock Teens Destroy Statue, Stop Train Service, After Graduation Rampaging Glen Rock Teens Destroy Statue, Stop Train Service, After Graduation
Rampaging Glen Rock Teens Destroy Statue, Stop Train Service, After Graduation As many as 100 teens ran wild following Glen Rock High School’s graduation, stopping train service, damaging an event area and stealing a statue of the school mascot, authorities said. The panther statue “was returned to our campus after a gracious parent put out the call for a return,” Principal Michael Parent said. It was destroyed, however, the principal said in an email to the parents of school seniors. Parent called the rampage a “disgraceful act” that he said was “committed by our own students. "To say that I am heartbroken is an understatement,” he added. CLICK HERE for a video of…

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Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom
Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom Detectives were investigating racially biased Instagram posts by a Glen Rock High School student when the teenage bigot struck again, this time targeting another classmate over gender identity on Zoom, authorities said. Detectives were a month into their investigation of racial bias when administrators at the high school showed them “questionable comments” entered during a school Zoom session, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The comment “appeared to target another student over their gender identity,” the chief said Monday. Using information provided by the teenage victims and the school’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For COVID-19 Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For COVID-19
Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For Covid-19 Glen Rock's high school and middle schools will go into remote learning for at least two weeks beginning Monday after a teacher and a student tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said. It marked the sixth time this school year that either a district staffer or student tested positive for the coronavirus and the second time in less than a month that the high school has had to close. Fall athletics, other after-school activities and elementary school instruction remain unchanged, Schools Supt. Dr. Brett Charleston told parents in a letter this weekend. “Our [c]ontact [t]racers de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School
Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School A swastika was found drawn on the wall of a bathroom shared by Glen Rock's high school and middle school last week, authorities said Monday. "There are no suspects, nor has a specific intended target been identified," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "A bias incident follow-up was completed by the Detective Bureau based upon limited information [made] available from school officials" following last Tuesday's discovery, the chief said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco