Two swastikas were discovered Thursday in a bathroom at Glen Rock Middle School, officials said.

The sixth-grade boys' bathroom was closed when building staff found the anti-Semitic symbols, Brett Charleston, superintendent of schools, said in a letter to parents. Police were alerted and are investigating the symbols, which were drawn in pencil.

A suspect was not located, Charleston said.

“The district will make every effort to identify the offender, including reviewing hallway video surveillance and speaking with students who were issued bathroom passes this morning and yesterday,” Charleston said in the letter.

Two swastikas were found on Glen Rock public school property in the spring.

On June 6, a teacher discovered the swastika etched on a classroom wall at Glen Rock High School, district officials said. On May 28, a swastika was drawn on a wall in a bathroom shared by the middle school and high school. The schools share a campus.

"As of this time there is no evidence to support that this incident is related to the swastikas found at the school during the previous school year," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.

In other incidents in Bergen County, a swastika was found at Emerson Junior-Senior High School on May 20. On March 6, racist scrawls were discovered at the private Dwight-Englewood School.

Anti-Semitic incidents were reported in New Jersey more often than nearly all other states in 2018, according to a study by the Anti-Defamation League. Only New York and California reported more. In the Garden State, there was a 4 percent drop in incidents from 2017 to 2018.

To combat youth bias, New Jersey launched an Interagency Task Force, which will study causes of hate before making recommendations. The study will take six months.

Keldy Ortiz is a breaking news reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to all the major news happening in North Jersey, subscribe here. To get breaking news directly to your inbox, sign up for our newsletter.

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