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Parents urge DESE follow‑up after Nauset OCR settlement and recent student incidents

Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism · November 14, 2025
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A parent described multiple antisemitic incidents at Nauset Regional High School that led to a 2021 OCR settlement and later incidents involving her son; she urged the commission to recommend stronger DESE reporting, clearer school responses, and better coordination with ADL and law enforcement.

Andrea Silbert, a parent from Harwich, delivered detailed testimony tracing antisemitic incidents at Nauset Regional High School and within her family’s experience. She said the district had entered into a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights settlement in 2021 after a freshman endured persistent harassment. Silbert said her own son faced an antisemitic altercation in 2022 involving a…

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