School Chief Accused of Weak Response to Anti-Semitic Student Riot
November 29, 2023 | New York
A group of Jewish teachers and parents took New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks to task Tuesday, slamming the embattled school chief for botching the reaction to antisemitic unrest at a “radicalized” Queens high school.
The turmoil stems from a Nov. 20 student riot at Hillcrest, when hundreds of rowdy teens stormed through the campus and forced a Jewish teacher who was targeted to take shelter in a locked office after officials got wind of their plans, The Post revealed Saturday.
“Chancellor Bank’s weak response to the antisemitic riot at Hillcrest High School failed to condemn the behavior of over 400 students that threatened the life of a teacher, solely because she is Jewish,” educator Tova Plaut, a member of the New York City Public School Alliance, said on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse in Lower Manhattan. (Excerpt from the New York Post.)
