A Florida high school principal has been removed from his post after he told a parent that he considered the Holocaust to be a belief and not a fact.
A principal was removed from his post at a Florida high school on Monday after he told a parent that he considered the Holocaust to be a belief and not a fact.
School district officials did not disclose the entire email exchanged, but they said Latson, who served as the school's principal since 2011,"made a grave error in judgment" when he responded to an email last year from a parent who reportedly wanted to make sure that Holocaust education was a priority at Spanish River.
Officials said they previously instructed him to expand the Holocaust curriculum at Spanish River and ordered him to spend"several days at the United States Holocaust Museum to increase his personal knowledge." An online petition calling for Latson’s removal had accumulated more than 6,000 signatures as of Monday morning, according to The Palm Beach Post, which received a copy of the email exchange though a public records request. The school has a large Jewish population.
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