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been comforted.
Gutman works for the Jewish
Federation of Detroit as senior
Israel and overseas program-
ming associate. She said she
worked to correct messaging
coming out of school commu-
nications that acknowledged
the attack. Gutman made sure
communications from Roeper
said that Israel is not fighting
Palestine but Hamas, and that
Hamas is a terrorist organiza-
tion.
Gutman said that the experi-
ence for elementary school kids
and the war is very different to
that of middle and high school
students who have far more
exposure to social media.
“My son knows about the
attacks and is sad about the hos-
tages, and he knows his mom
makes visits to Israel every few
months,
” Gutman said. “He also
knows he can express this to his
teachers and the school social
workers who have been fantas-
tic and compassionate.
”
Gutman said the posters
were put up without the school
administration’s permission,
and that the administration
was told by Jewish families that
any formation of a chapter of
Students for Justice in Palestine
or Jewish Voice for Peace would
be “unacceptable.
” The jury is
still out on whether Shinshinim
delegates will visit the school,
she added.
“Following the posters, a
group of Jewish parents, includ-
ing myself, have made it very
clear to the (school headmaster)
that the messaging about the
war needs to be the way we
want it to be or at least neutral,
”
Gutman said. “But from the
elementary school side, the
school faculty, administration
and social workers have been
beyond supportive. They know
our family has close personal
ties to Israel and Israelis.
”

ROEPER STATEMENT
On Feb. 27, the JN received this
statement from Roeper:
“
At the Roeper School, we are
deeply committed to fostering
an inclusive and respectful
learning environment where all
students feel seen, valued and
supported.
“Early in February, a number
of students from a range of
backgrounds created posters
that showed different student
perspectives on the Israel-
Hamas war.
“Some were directly critical of
the government of Israel, some
called for a ceasefire and some
encouraged students to contact
their elected representatives,
”
read the statement.
“Some of these posters neg-
atively impacted members of
our community. None of these
posters were approved by any
school employee, and all were
immediately removed by school
leadership. While we do not
seek to silence students, we also
understand how challenging it
is to utilize posters as a means
for fostering respectful and con-
structive dialogue.
”
Regarding the conduct of
Harris, the statement said that
leadership has recently “engaged
with faculty and students to
develop new guidelines that
would ensure that students
could be both heard and safe
within the school. There is no
room at our school for antisem-
itism, Islamophobia or any form
of hate speech.
“Certain social media posts
by a school employee were only
brought to the school’s attention
at the end of last week during
the school’s winter break. The
school takes concerns about
these posts very seriously. As we
are taking steps to address this,
we cannot provide additional
details on this confidential
personnel matter.
”

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