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Edison board hears students’ claims that assistant principal threatened to revoke college acceptances; district says investigation is underway
Summary
Students, alumni and civil‑rights groups urged the Edison Township Board of Education to investigate an audio clip in which an assistant principal allegedly threatened Muslim Student Association officers with college consequences; the superintendent confirmed an investigation but declined to discuss personnel details in public.
Doha Afifi, a recent Edison High School graduate and former Muslim Student Association co‑president, told the Edison Township Board of Education on Monday that an audio recording of an assistant principal allegedly threatening MSA officers left students intimidated and fearful for their college futures. "They threatened that they'd be reported to their colleges," Afifi said during the public‑comment period.
The claims centered on a recording several attendees said captured assistant principal Nicole Himelstein threatening to contact students' college admissions offices and harm their prospects if they pursued outside support for a joint Iftar event. "The recording is there," Mohammed Ahmed said, identifying himself as the father of an Edison High student and saying his daughter shared the clip with him. "She threatens them. She threatens to call the colleges that they got into."
Superintendent Eddie Alderelle told the board he took the complaints…
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