The principal at Jones College Prep High School has been suspended and officials have launched an investigation after a student wore a German soldier’s uniform to school on Halloween and goose-stepped onstage during a costume showcase.
The costume caused an uproar because it was widely interpreted to be the garb of a Nazi soldier. Distressed students pointed the costume out to their principal, Joseph Powers, but Powers explained to students the boy was dressed as a Communist-era East German soldier, Powers wrote Monday in a note to staff.
