N.J. teacher sues district after suspension for lessons on Hitler, swastikas

A teacher in Bergen County has filed a lawsuit against the school district where he teaches history, claiming he was suspended after parents and students complained about his lessons on the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler that included an assignment to make a propaganda-style poster.has accused him of violating New Jersey’s laws against harassment, intimidation and bullying for his teachings his on World War II, Hitler and the history of Nazis and swastikas.

The lawsuit states Welsh had been teaching the class for 10 years, and that the lesson plan included a poster project in which students were told to draw a political cartoon or propaganda-type poster from the perspective of a citizen or government official. The classes were held on February 1 and 2, the lawsuit states. On Feb. 3, Welsh said he was summoned to a meeting with the superintendent, who told him “Jewish people” in town were upset about the lesson and she ordered him “to fix this.”

Welsh was suspended with pay on Feb. 7 and remains on suspension without a return date, the suit states. Welsh appealed his suspension, but it was upheld after an April 14 hearing in which he and his lawyer were allowed to make brief statements to the board, but not allowed to question any of the witnesses, the suit states.

“The fact that his indefinite suspension is currently with pay is of little consolation to the plaintiff, where his reputation as a teacher has been destroyed,” the suit states.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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