STA anti semitism expulsions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i know the details of what happened

Me too; and it’s bad. The school was correct in the expulsion. But they are still investigating the entire matter; it has not been resolved.

[Anonymous]

There is a lot of misinformation and exaggeration about the "STA antisemitism expulsions" here. There has been one to date. A young man made a serious and life altering error in judgment by sharing some photo shopped pictures--if my son's understanding is correct, the boy expelled was not the person who created the pictures, but the one who was caught sharing them on some social media sites. There is more to the story than that and how it came out, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that the school has taken decisive action.

It is not a new "Trump" supporting family that admissions allowed to slip in, it is a boy that has been at the school for a long time. The expulsion was painful to the administration, to the boy involved and his family, and to his class mates. The boy knows he screwed up and is contrite--and has demonstrated maturity in his communications with his peers following the decision by the school to expel him.

A clear message has been given to the boys that STA has zero tolerance for words and images that are inappropriate or offensive. All schools, even churches, have issues of intolerance of one kind or another at times--they are composed of human beings and where there are humans there will be shortcomings--look at the intolerance and insulting behavior by adults on this site. As a parent, all I can ask is that things be handled when a situation arises, and it has. They have spoke with the boys, but the administration has not addressed the matter with the parents yet. I am sure they will when they are ready. As previously noted in other posts, they may still be investigating and it is possible other boys will face consequences if they figure out who created the images.

With respect to the admissions office, I have nothing but kind things to say about them. My son helped a lot during the admissions process as a host. When he had a shadow that made inappropriate comments, and reported it, his concerns were taken seriously and the boy was not admitted. The admissions team is terrific. Good people come in all shapes, sizes, colors, religions, and political leanings. There is a decent amount of diversity at STA--and I have a friend with an openly gay son who graduated from STA in 2005 and had a fantastic experience there.

[jsteele]

And, that seems like a good note with which to end this thread.