'No Investigation' Into Anti-Semitic Incidents at Newton School: Report

NEWTON, MA – An outside investigator concluded there was "no investigation" into two anti-Semitic incidents at a Newton middle school after administrators were informed, according to a Newton TAB report.

The TAB cites a less-redacted version of the investigator's report with the majority of his findings, released to the publication almost a year after it initially filed a public records request.

The investigator, Ray Shurtleff, determined that no action was taken at F.A. Day Middle School after a teacher and parent reported "Burn the Jews" was written on a bathroom stall in October of 2015 and a teacher emailed a picture of a swastika drawn in the snow to Principal Brian Turner the following January, the TAB reported. Shurtleff also found the school struggled with overarching communication problems and a perceived "lack of trust," according to the TAB.

Newton Superintendent David Fleishman told the TAB in an email that "concrete steps" have been taken to strengthen reporting procedures since the incidents.

>>>Read the full report from the Newton TAB

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