White-supremacist groups have gained footholds in the Pacific Northwest. But thanks to a friendship between a Holocaust survivor and a 14-year old, a bill requiring Oregon public schools to teach students about the Holocaust is set to become law.
Eight decades apart in age, Oregon schoolgirl Claire Sarnowski and Nazi concentration camp survivor Alter Wiener became friends.
She drew him a picture of trees and flowers that he missed as a teenager amid the barren horror of the camps. He showed her letters that he’d received from other Oregon students who were moved by his memories of World War II. Last August, she asked Rob Wagner, who is a Democratic state senator from the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego and a member of the school board there, to propose the idea to the district. Setting his sights higher, Wagner helped introduce the bill.in favor of it last September before a state legislative committee. Sarnowski wept as she described bullying, prejudice and stereotyping at school — and the lessons the Holocaust can offer seven decades later.
Both chambers of Oregon’s Legislature passed the bill with unanimous votes. The law will take effect in the school year that starts in 2020, with details to be worked out by state education officials, schools and teachers. It call for teaching both about the Holocaust and genocide more broadly.“Even people who know me were skeptical at first, saying, ‘You’re not Jewish, and you’re a young girl,’” Sarnowski said.
Kids dress up with floral shirts for Tropical Tuesday on the first Tuesday of each month. They turn out for Pacers football, lacrosse and the coed cheerleading team. They debate whether smartphones and AirPods should be allowed in class.
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