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Residents and staff urge Beaverton board to address antisemitism, question district investigation
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the Beaverton School Board on Oct. 14 that Jewish students and staff feel unsafe and criticized a district investigation as incomplete; speakers asked the board to clarify how it will protect students and enforce board communication standards.
Several speakers at the Oct. 14 Beaverton School Board meeting urged the board to take clearer, faster steps to address antisemitism and the district’s response to recent complaints.
Public commenters said they and members of Jewish and other communities feel targeted by staff social-media posts and by campus climate they described as hostile. Marcus Berger, a Beaverton resident, said teachers and board members “have allowed personal politics to take precedence over the safety of Jewish students.” He called for balanced classroom treatment of complex geopolitical issues and for accountability when he said board members or staff associate with extremist political groups.
Makai Schrammerhorn, who identified…
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