Swegle Elementary student in Salem told ‘go back to your country’ by substitute teacher

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A substitute at a Salem-Keizer elementary school recently told a fifth-grade student to “go back to your country” when he was not saying the words during the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Published by Natalie Pate

Natalie Pate is a journalist and author based in Salem, Oregon. She has written about education and other topics throughout the Pacific Northwest for more than eight years. She is originally from Colorado and earned her B.A. in Politics and French from Willamette University.

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