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Nutley A.D. Suspended For Hitler Remark Also Accused Of Groping Student Nutley A.D. Suspended For Hitler Remark Also Accused Of Groping Student
Nutley A.D. Suspended For Hitler Remark Also Accused Of Groping Student The athletic director at Nutley High School who was suspended after praising Hitler's leadership skills during a talk in Madison last month had previously been accused of telling a student she had a "nice ass" and touching her inappropriately while coaching her at basketball.  The student and her parents filed a lawsuit in 2017 alleging that, in January of that year, Joe Piro was teaching the girl to "box out," a defensive technique in basketball. Piro placed his hand on an "intimate spot" of the girl's body, the lawsuit states, before Piro grabbed the girl's hand and placed it on one o…

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Nutley HS Official Suspended After Telling Madison Students Hitler Was 'Good Leader': Report Nutley HS Official Suspended After Telling Madison Students Hitler Was 'Good Leader': Report
Nutley HS Official Suspended After Telling Madison Students Hitler Was 'Good Leader': Report The Nutley Board of Education suspended the high school's athletic director for public remarks he made comparing Martin Luther King to Adolf Hitler, News 12 New Jersey reported.  Joe Piro made the remarks at a student assembly held at Madison High School, during which Piro described Hitler as a "good leader" with "bad moral character and intentions."  Madison Superintendent of Schools Mark Schwarz said in a letter to parents sent shortly after the presentation in mid-March that the material had not been reviewed beforehand. Schwarz apologized in the letter and said material would…

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