An examination by the How We Live team of the controversial biography of Adolf Hitler written by fifth-grader at a Tenafly school from several aspects.
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Maugham Elementary School in Tenafly, New Jersey. Photo: courtesy of MES
Parents at a school in New Jersey came out in support of their principal, a teacher and a fifth-grade student at the heart of a controversy over the display of a biography of the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler, which contained the words, “I was pretty great, wasn’t I?”
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North Jersey reported that trio won the support of parents attending the Monday night School Board meeting of Maugham Elementary School in the town of Tenafly. The one-page bio of Hitler, written in the first person, was displayed in the school’s hallway alongside similar assignments from other students, where it was noticed by a parent whose subsequent complaint triggered an urgent investigation into the school by Shauna C. DeMarco, Superintendent of Tenafly Public Schools.