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School
officials say hateful images were written on three desks at Shoreham-Wading River High
School.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

The superintendent sent a letter home to families alerting
them of the incident and they are working with Suffolk police. 

The
superintendent says whoever did it will be held responsible.
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In addition, the superintendent also said this
is the second time this has happened recently in the district. Late last month,
hate speech was found in their middle school.

<b>News 12</b>
has reached out to Suffolk police and they say they are investigating. 

The superintendent says whoever did it will be held responsible.

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School officials: Swastikas found drawn on desks at Shoreham-Wading River High School 

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We have some disturbing news here. Swastikas were found at Shoreham Waiting River High School. This is the second incident there in just two months. The school tells us news twelve's Caroline Flynn now with more on this disturbing discovery and what's being done about it outside of Shoreham Waiting River High School this morning, an unfamiliar site and certainly not one that parents want to see as they drive by. You can see Suffolk police with their flashers on in the driveway of the high school. And they're saying at the school that the reason for this is because of that discovery that was made inside of a classroom. Yesterday, Shoreham Waiting River school district once again is dealing with hate inside of its schools. I mean, kids shouldn't have to see that especially when there's other kids of that race and that's really hurtful to them. Yesterday. Swastikas were found on three desks in the high school. Suffolk. Police say they are investigating and the school district is helping in whatever way they can as they condemn any words or symbols of hate. It follows a separate incident last month at the middle school where passed a note to another student with a racial word. The student responsible was disciplined. It's scary because I don't really know how to feel at this middle schooler and her mother were alarmed to hear of yet another incident. It's frightening. It's frightening. You know, this is a good district and I know they're doing everything they possibly can and they're teaching our kids good values. So I don't know where this is coming from in the community. Today, residents we spoke to said, this sounds like a case of kids being kids. I've seen it since I was a kid that people were doing stuff like that. What can you really do about it? Now? That's the hard part. Rabbi Alana Shater believes the answer is in education. I think that so often what we see, especially with young people is their ignorance that they don't know enough about Judaism about the history of the holocaust about what a Swastika is. And so they commit these acts of vandalism and they attack people who are different from them because they don't know. And so I think we all have an obligation to educate our community, the shore and waiting river school district two is encouraging parents to continue that they're having in the classroom, in the kitchen. And that's exactly what this mom will keep doing. We talk about real life issues that's going on and she tells us how she feels and we tell her out, but we accept everybody in our house. The superintendent says the person or people who are responsible for putting these swastikas on the desks will be disciplined following the district's code of conduct in waiting river. I'm Caroline Flynn.

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