Marin teacher told class there were ‘too many Jews’ in the district

The Tamalpais Union High School District failed to properly investigate allegations that a Spanish teacher made an antisemitic remark during class last fall, the California Department of Education has concluded. 

Despite collecting substantial evidence about the alleged remark and its effect on students, the Marin County school district was vague about whether an offense occurred and did nothing to address the harm it caused, the CDE wrote in a May 8 report following an investigation.

The CDE’s report, seen by J., reverses the district’s response to a Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP) complaint about the incident. The state began its investigation after the parent who filed the original complaint then appealed the district’s determination.

The incident revolves around a comment from a Spanish teacher during class at an unnamed high school on Oct. 11, 2024. The teacher asked her students whether it was “weird” that the school was closed on Rosh Hashanah but not on Indigenous Peoples Day, according to the UCP complaint. Answering her own question, the teacher said “because there are too many Jews,” the complaint stated.

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