A Walpole High School student is in hot water after school officials said she videorecorded herself taking down an Israeli flag off a school wall and then throwing the flag into a trash chute.
The student “was identified and appropriate action was taken,” Walpole Public Schools Superintendent Bridget Gough said in a statement on Tuesday. She did not identify the student or share further details about any disciplinary action taken by school officials.
The 29-second video, which was reportedly shared on social media, shows the female student dressed in black and recording herself while ripping the Israeli flag off of a white wall. The student then crumples the flag in her hands and she opens her eyes wide while looking directly into the video camera. She then continues to record herself walking inside a building. The video then shows an outdoor trash chute. The student records herself unlocking and opening the black door to the trash chute, and tossing the crumpled Israeli flag down the trash chute.