Framingham, MA – A high school hockey team’s season is over after only one game.
School officials at Keefe Technical High School and Marion High School
abruptly ended the schools’ joint boys’ ice hockey season after learning of
some players’ “extremely derogatory behavior.” In a letter to parents, Keefe
Tech Principal Shannon Snow said the schools received a report and after
investigating, found anti-Semitic and “extremely derogatory behavior and
actions” occurred among players.
Snow called the findings of the investigation “troubling and
inconsistent with the climate and community at Keefe Tech.”
School leaders were told about possible anti-Semitic behavior by members
of the hockey team on Friday morning.
The investigation was complete by Monday morning.
In the a letter to parents the principal said:
Our investigation found that this was not an isolated instance or
stand-alone event; instead, that this has been a pervasive issue with the team
and that there has been an overall toxic and negative culture that has
permeated the team dynamics.
The schools wouldn’t say how many of the players were involved, or what
exactly they did. The schools only said they celebrate diversity and no one
should feel excluded or targeted.
School leaders say that canceling the season wasn’t an easy decision,
and parents and school administrators alike hope it’ll be a learning experience
for these high schoolers.
