Elite School in Chicago Under Fire for Alleged Antisemitism
“accuses officials of failing to crack down on this behavior while keeping families and even some trustees in the dark”
If the accusations being made here are true, some people at this school deserve to be fired and/or prosecuted.
The Daily Mail reports:
Elite $46,000-a-year Chicago school rocked by anti-Semitism claims as parents threaten to sue after band taunted Jewish students by playing Nazi anthem
An elite $46,000-a-year private school has come under fire for alleged rampant bullying and anti-Semitism and parents are now demanding change or else, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively.
The Latin School of Chicago is a K-12 institution with a history of privileged graduates such as Nancy Reagan and the children of Illinois billionaire Governor J.B. Pritzker.
But the parents, after staying silent as problems spiraled out of control, say the bullying and anti-Semitism their children face has intensified to the point that they have hired a high-powered lawyer to force the ‘vanity board’ of trustees to act.
Matthew Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor who helped take down Ponzi fraudster Bernie Madoff, fired off a scathing 37-page letter demanding an independent investigation while threatening litigation.
The demand letter, obtained by DailyMail.com, cites an alarming litany of incidents. It says one 15-year-old committed suicide after alleged cyberbullying from classmates, a member of the cross-country team yelled at a teammate: ‘Run, Jew, run, there’s money at the end’, and several middle schoolers performed a Nazi anthem in band class.
Schwartz accuses officials of failing to crack down on this behavior while keeping families and even some trustees in the dark.
Officials ‘have persistently failed to discharge their fiduciary duties, resulting in serious physical and mental harm to students and causing possibly irreversible harm to the reputation and financial sustainability of this once highly-respected institution’, the letter states.
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The alternative for Jews is to switch schools. If there are enough such Jews who do that, the school may experience a budget short-fall and perhaps a decline in academic scores. That might get the school’s attention.
They should also stop donating to these schools permanently,
Teachers unions have been actively inciting antisemitism among elementary & high school students, while denying that antisemitism is a serious concern. https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/why-anti-semitism-is-getting-younger/
This is a private school but is there any teacher union involvement? What curriculum do they use & where did it come from?