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Residents accuse staff and leaders of fostering antisemitic climate; board hears calls for clearer conduct rules
Summary
Multiple community members at the Oct. 14 Beaverton School Board meeting accused district staff or leaders of posting or permitting antisemitic content and urged the board to enforce communication and ethics policies; speakers asked for investigations, clearer public‑communication rules and assurance of student safety.
At the Beaverton School District board meeting on Oct. 14, multiple residents used the allotted public‑comment period to raise concerns about social‑media posts they said created an unsafe climate for Jewish students and staff.
Marcus Berger, a Beaverton resident, told the board he saw teachers and leaders “allowing personal politics to take precedence over the safety of Jewish students,” and urged the board to require balanced academic treatment of complex international issues. Abhishek, who identified himself as a member of the Oregon State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, criticized a district investigation report for failing “to ask the obvious…
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