Principal, teacher at Utah school placed on leave after student dresses as Hitler

The principal and a teacher at an elementary school in Utah has been placed on paid administrative leave after a student dressed in an Adolf Hitler costume and participated in the schools Halloween parade.

The student at the Creekside Elementary School in Kaysville, Utah wore a brown long-sleeve shirt with a red swastika armband on the sleeve in photos that circulated Friday on social media. He also appeared to be wearing a Hitler mustache.

The Davis School District apologized for the incident in a statement, the local Fox affiliate reports.

“The Davis School District apologizes for what took place yesterday. It does not tolerate speech, images or conduct that portray or promote hate in any form. The district is taking the matter very seriously and is investigating every aspect of the situation,” the statement says. “It does not tolerate speech, images or conduct that portray or promote hate in any form.”

— JTA

United Jewish Federation of Utah calls this pic of a Creekside Elementary student dressed as Hitler at a school Halloween parade ‘intolerably offensive.’
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— Jim Spiewak (@JimSpiewak) November 2, 2019