A student at a woke New York City school is facing “disciplinary consequences” after being identified Saturday as the vandal who defaced its entrance with anti-Israel graffiti.
Though there were two students thought to be involved in the graffiti incident at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a spokesperson for the Bronx institution insisted there was just one culprit, who was identified following an “immediate” investigation and will now be disciplined.
The senior wrote “Free Palestine” in yellow letters on the brick wall above the $63,000-a-year school’s front entrance Monday afternoon, a source told The Post.
The vandalism was apparently live-streamed, the source said, though it was not known whether a recording of it existed.
The troubling incident prompted school administrators to host a “listening session” with parents Wednesday night, including many “Jewish affinity group parents.”
Meanwhile, another source told The Post Saturday that a female student wrote “From the River to the Sea” — a rallying cry that calls for the eradication of the Jewish state — on school property several weeks ago.
“It’s all a mess,” a source familiar with the situation told The Post.
“The school isn’t being upfront about the incidents so no one really knows what’s going on.”
Meanwhile, it emerged Saturday that a group of Jewish Fieldston families and alumni wrote a “Stop Antisemitism” letter to administrators on May 19 with a list of 10 demands to make the Ivy Preparatory School League school safer for their kids as a result of the anti-Israel incidents.
“All of us chose to join the ECFS community because we expected it to deliver the promise inherent in its name — an ethical culture,” the letter obtained by The Post said.
“Indeed, many of us have fought for social justice on behalf of the non-Jewish minorities at this school with the post-Holocaust vow, ‘Never Again’ in our hearts. We write now to tell you that, during this Jewish American History and Mental Health Awareness Month, we are not okay.”
They asked that a task force made up of parents, faculty, administrators and students be organized by June 1 and that teachers commit to mandatory courses on Judaism, the Holocaust, the Jewish Diaspora and the history of antisemitism in all middle and upper school grades — which would be overseen by an expert and the task force.
“For months, your administration has assured us repeatedly that (1) support for us, (2) effective antisemitism education for the whole community and (3) a plan for dialogue and education about the Middle East and Israeli/Palestinian conflict were each forthcoming,” the letter read.
“We are still waiting.”
As of May 22, 857 people had signed the letter.
No one answered the phone at Fieldston when The Post called on Saturday. The school was founded in 1878 by Felix Adler, the son of a rabbi.
The Post also obtained a letter from nearby Riverdale Country School administrators about an incident in which a student found a swastika drawn on a desk earlier this month.
The student alerted teachers and administrators, who said they conducted an investigation but doubted the guilty party would be found, according to the letter.
Riverdale said it was offering “optional counseling spaces” for students.
“Hate has no place at Riverdale and anyone who perpetuates such acts will be subject to immediate dismissal from our school,” the letter read.
Fieldston, Riverdale Country School and Horace Mann School, all located in the tony Riverdale section of the Bronx, are collectively known as the “Hill schools.”