A middle school principal in the “progressive,” affluent town of Lexington, Massachusetts, is under fire — deservedly, in my view — over a missive sent to community families in which he apologized to certain students who were supposedly offended by a portion of the curriculum.

The issue arose after seventh-grade students attended a session about antisemitism, apparently in connection with their Holocaust education. Dr. Johnny Cole, the administrator in question, said the lesson pursued an “important goal,” then launched into an apology.