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Resident urges Upper Dublin board to expand Holocaust education at high school

Upper Dublin School District Board of School Directors · January 15, 2026
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Summary

Dan Schwartz, a second-generation survivor and member of the Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center, told the board he did not find Holocaust education at the high school and urged the district to invite survivor speakers and review the curriculum; district staff said Holocaust topics are included in world history and literature and that the district partners with Gratz College.

At the Dec. 15 legislative meeting of the Upper Dublin School District Board, resident Dan Schwartz urged the board to examine Holocaust instruction at the high school and to consider inviting survivors or second-generation speakers to share personal testimony.

Schwartz said he has spoken with students and, based on those conversations, was…

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