"In Boca Raton, Fla., an Orthodox youth group is providing high school students with a new Holocaust education program in response to a school district’s rehiring of William Latson, an administrator accused of Holocaust denial."

"As principal of Boca Raton’s Spanish River High School, Latson responded in 2018 to a parent’s email about the school’s failure to implement the state’s mandated Holocaust education curriculum by saying he was “neutral” on the political issue of the Holocaust. He said he could not confirm whether it had happened or not, and therefore it was not his place to impose the idea as a school principal.

“I work to expose students to certain things but not all parents want their students exposed so they will not be and I can’t force that issue,” Latson wrote. “I can’t say the Holocaust is a factual, historical event because I am not in a position to do so as a school district employee.”

Latson was fired by the school board last year, but a Florida Judge ruled that they didn’t have just cause for the firing.

“Any competent evidence of Anti-Semitism, either direct or indirect, on Dr. Latson’s part is sorely lacking,” Justice Robert S. Cohen wrote. “No just cause for his suspension or termination exists, but a reprimand and reassignment are warranted.”

The Palm Beach County School Board voted 4-3 to rehire him in early October."

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