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Tuckahoe School Parents Outraged Over Superintendent’s Halloween Costume as the Joker

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Tuckahoe School Superintendent and Principal Len Skuggevik dressed as the Joker on Halloween.

Tuckahoe School Superintendent and Principal Len Skuggevik dressed as the Joker on Halloween.

Tuckahoe School Superintendent and Principal Len Skuggevik dressed as the Joker on Halloween.

Tuckahoe School Superintendent and Principal Len Skuggevik dressed as the Joker on Halloween.

authorMichelle Trauring on Nov 6, 2024
On Halloween morning, Tuckahoe School Superintendent Len Skuggevik’s take on the Joker was far from a laughing matter. Within an hour of the administrator’s costume debut at student drop-off, the... more

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