Swastikas were drawn on student desks at three separate schools in Montgomery County this week, Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight said.

In a statement, MCPS and the Board of Education said that students and staff worked to immediately remove the drawings and that “discipline in alignment with the MCPS Student Code of Conduct was assigned.”

“As we fight these repeated acts of hate, we must challenge one another to learn and understand what antisemitism, hatred, and racism are and the harm they cause,” the statement said.