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California high schoolers who formed human swastika will face 'justice,' principal says

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Students who formed a human swastika on a high school football field and 
spread imagery of the spectacle online will face administrative "justice" 
this week, the school's principal said.

A photo of the swastika, formed on-field last week, was shared through an 
anonymous tip line Wednesday night, before it spread online Thursday, 
sparking a probe, Branham High School Principal Beth Silbergeld said.

“We are responding in accordance with education code and our district’s 
commitment to restorative justice,” she said in a statement over the 
weekend. “The students who were involved are committed to taking 
accountability for the harm that was done."

The California Department of Education said it plans to offer "statewide 
resources" to Branham High School as it investigates and responds.

“We unequivocally condemn the use of any hate symbol such as a swastika on 
a school campus," department spokesperson Liz Sanders said in a statement 
Monday night.

Silbergeld said the school in San Jose, in the heart of California's 
Silicon Valley, informed police about the incident. NBC Bay Area reported 
that the photo was posted to social media with an antisemitic message.

San Jose police said officers responded Friday to a report of a "human 
swastika" created on campus. The matter, reported as a hate crime, was 
under investigation, the department said.

“People were just shocked to see that this is happening at their school, 
in broad daylight, students purposely doing this," Maya Bronicki, 
education director of Bay Area Jewish Coalition Education and Advocacy, 
told NBC Bay Area. "There was clear intentionality. The caption under the 
post itself was horrifying."

State Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat who represents the community where the 
high school is located, said in a statement Monday that the display was an 
act of hate.

"I am deeply disturbed by the discovery of the anti-Semitic 'human 
swastika' at Branham High School," he said. "Acts of hatred—no matter 
where they occur—have a profound impact on our young people, our families, 
and our broader community. There is absolutely no place for anti-Semitism, 
or any form of bigotry, in our schools or in our society."

Silbergeld said administrators are prohibited by law from discussing 
details of student discipline. The number of participants was unknown.

“We recognize our responsibility to address and repair the harm caused by 
this incident,” Silbergeld said. “We are taking deliberate steps to 
support healing, learning, and restoration.”

In April, the state Education Department affirmed a complaint from Bay 
Area Jewish Coalition Education and Advocacy that instruction by two 
teachers at the school on Israel-Palestinian conflict was "biased," with 
each ordered to undergo one hour of anti-bias training, according to the 
department’s investigation report on the matter.

The coalition said in a statement that it has warned about incidents of 
antisemitic expression and anti-Israel bias at the school for two years.

“The time has come to confront this challenge directly, with transparency, 
collaboration, and moral clarity,” the group said in a separate letter to 
district leaders.

A spokesperson for the Campbell Union High School District, which Branham 
High School is a part of, did not immediately respond to a request for 
comment Monday on the education department's report.

The school, within 20 miles of Apple and Google headquarters, will work 
with Jewish organizations to "support healing, learning, and restoration," 
Silbergeld said.

She said the swastika display does not represent the school or its 
community.

"This was a disturbing and unacceptable act of antisemitism,"she said. 
"Actions that target, demean, or threaten Jewish students have no place on 
our campuses."

On Oct. 7, marking the date in 2023 when Hamas militants launched a deadly 
terrorist attack against Israel, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 
legislation designating guidelines for unbiased teaching in public schools 
and establishing the California Department of Education Office of Civil 
Rights with an "antisemitism prevention coordinator." 


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