Maplewood Teacher's Attorney: Teacher Did Not Remove Hijab After an Olympic athlete charged Thursday that a teacher in the the South Orange-Maplewood schools forcibly removed a second-grade girl's hijab in class, the teacher's attorney is fighting back, saying the accusation is untrue and that the teacher is getting threats thanks to the social media accusations. The South Orange-Maplewood school district had released a statement late Thursday saying it was investigating the matter. The controversy arose Thursday when Olympic fencer and Maplewood native Ibtihaj Muhammad posted on Facebook that a second grade teacher in Maplewood had "forcibly" removed a student's hijab the day before. She named the teacher in ... Continue reading... https://patch.com/new-jersey/maplewood/maplewood-teachers-attorney-teacher-did-not-remove-hijab Find in Internet Archives [google]Maplewood Teacher's Attorney: Teacher Did Not Remove Hijab[/google]
