Schools
No Swastika Found In Hastings District School
Students misinterpreted the pencil markings as a hate symbol.

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY — So it wasn’t a swastika after all found in a Hastings district school. Superintendent Tony Sinanis said students found pencil markings on a table Wednesday that were misinterpreted as the Nazi symbol.
He said in an email to parents Thursday that he was proud of the children for being responsive about the incident, the Journal News said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
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