‘They want to shut us up’: NYC DOE moves Jewish teacher out of ‘Hitler High’
NY Post
The Jewish teacher at a Brooklyn high school who complained of swastikas, death threats, Nazi salutes, and Hitler-loving comments by unruly students was booted from the building this week — as Chancellor David Banks voiced concern for a student caught posing as the German tyrant.
Superintendent Michael Prayor made the decision to move global history teacher Danielle Kaminsky from Origins HS, just two days after she returned to work following The Post’s front-page expose about hateful incidents in the Sheepshead Bay school, the educator said.
“The superintendent does not want me in the district,” Kaminsky said.
Nathaniel Styer, a spokesman for the city Department of Education, said “teachers are only transferred upon their request.”
At a press conference Thursday, Banks sympathized with a teen who drew a mustache on his face, knocked on classroom doors, and gave the Hitler salute, according to reports and photos from security footage.
“We had one student who suffered greatly from that. His picture was in the paper,” Banks said, referring to a blurred photo of the unnamed youth. “I don’t want to get into particulars because of privacy issues, but he needed a lot of support.”