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School staffers have 'no confidence' in principal after race flap
 [NYPOST] The faculty of a Washington Heights high school is rebelling against their principal, charging in a vote of no-confidence that she has "flagrantly but unsuccessfully attempted to divide our school by race."Paula Lev, principal of the High School for Law and Public Service, is now under investigation by the city Department of Education for allegedly telling a faculty member she "was going to get rid of all these white teachers that aren’t doing anything for the kids of our community," a complaint states. Lev, a Dominican, also asked the faculty member to "conspire with her" to try to oust a white colleague, according to the complaint filed last week with the DOE’s Office of Equal Opportunity. "She definitely has something against white people," says the complaint, obtained by The Post. On the last day of school, Lev gave the faculty member a notice that he was "placed in excess" — meaning no longer needed at the school — and should look for a job elsewhere in the DOE. "He blew the whistle on her and a week later he was excessed," a colleague said. It’s unclear whether Lev knew about the complaint. The complaint came amid simmering unrest at the school, which staffers blamed on what they said was Lev twisting the current concepts of equity and anti-racism, which the DOE promotes and teachers overwhelmingly support. Dissatisfaction with Lev, 39, boiled up in February, when teacher Nick Bacon, the union chapter leader, filed a routine grievance about a scheduling issue that could have affected most of the faculty, staffers said. In front of a half-dozen other staffers, Lev questioned Bacon’s motives. "I wasn’t sure what your problem with me was, maybe it’s because I am a woman of color and you’re a white man?’ Lev asked Bacon, according to a March 2 letter to District 6 Superintendent Manny Ramirez and signed by most of the school’s tenured members. Related: City Department of Education: 2021-05-09 NYC teacher caught sucking topless man's nipple during Zoom class City Department of Education: 2021-05-05 NYC schools cancel Columbus for 'Indigenous' Day, add Juneteenth as holiday City Department of Education: 2020-03-22 ‘Blood on their hands:' Teachers say de Blasio and Carranza helped spread coronavirus Related: White people: 2021-07-05 Cori Bush claims Black Americans aren't free White people: 2021-07-02 Newspaper Colludes With Dems to Doxx, Run Hit Piece Against Opponent of Critical Race Theory White people: 2021-06-23 Pelosi: Very pleased to talk with Israeli Foreign Minister @YairLapid to congratulate him on new position and new government, Lapid’s goal improving relations with Dems Related: White man: 2021-07-09 The Biden Administration Banned Me From COVID Relief Because I'm A White Man White man: 2021-07-01 ‘I Won't Be Pathologized For Being White': Man Resigns, Shreds School District Over ‘White Privilege' Training White man: 2021-06-17 Government agents may have helped organize the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (video) Posted by: Fred 2021-07-12 |
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