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

Posted byNatalie PatePosted inUncategorized

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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 the education reporter for the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. She is originally from Colorado and earned her B.A. in Politics and French and Francophone Studies from Willamette University.

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