That Alan finally retired is not the news here. The news is that in the media throughout the US, coast-to-coast, this man was a letch, a creep, a user of public money and a despicable person who needed to be fired 10 years ago, but the NYC BOE simply couldnt do it.
I know Alan quite well, and I must say he is a character!!! He was the person of interest at 25 Chapel street whenever anyone was charged, because he is an Attorney and an employee of the NYC public school system. The fact of the matter is that the BOE Attorney at the 3020-a could not prove anything against Alan - how do you prove "oogling"? and the girls did not testify. So, this means, folks, that the allegations are just that!!!! The BOE loves making a leap of faith, as does NYSUT and the UFT, that if there is an allegation, it must be true.
Alan loved the fight that the BOE was having over the fact that they, not Alan, blotched this case up, and he reaped the rewards of a process that was ruined years ago by people with agendas that have nothing to do with due process, preponderance of evidence, truth and justice. He told me that he wanted to leave on his own terms, and he did just that. "They" hate him for it.
Jeff Kaufman, former UFT board member, wrote this on Norm Scott's blog:
Jeff KaufmanFeb 12, 2012 03:58 AM
The media and some of its critics look to who botched up Alan's case. The fact is that the case was not botched up...there never was a case. The junior high school that Alan was dean in shared space with a high school and the high school principal didn't like Alan on the floor. He was was loud and strict to his students. After Alan was to be appointed an Assistant Principal the high school principal attempted to set him up and made the allegations that included oggling and such. He was placed in the rubber room and his AP appointment pulled. After his initial rubber room stint and his hearing which was mostly dismissed "because they couldn't prove anything" (in my book not a technical or procedural reason) he was reassigned to another school where he taught for six months! He began to inquire about his AP appointment and that is when he was sent, once again to the rubber room where he stayed until his retirement.
Alan's case is not DOE bungling. It is the case of person who, despite the incredible pressure by the DOE, the UFT and the media, stood his ground because there was a tenure system in place. Let's not forget we are all one allegation away from being brought up on charges but fortunately we have a system that provides what every job in our democratic society should provide, some level of due process to prevent baseless allegations from depriving us of our livelihood.
Alan Rosenfeld, dean of the New York City Department of Education's ‘rubber room’ retires
Teacher finally out after 10 YEARS without a class
CommentsBY RACHEL MONAHAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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After collecting his paycheck for a decade without ever setting foot in the classroom, former teacher Alan Rosenfeld retired last week, city officials said Friday.
Rosenfeld, who earned $100,049 a year and gained notoriety as the city’s longest serving member of the so-called rubber room, is now eligible for a pension estimated to be worth more than $80,000 a year.
Though the city closed the suspension centers for teachers in 2010, there are still half a dozen teachers that the city can’t fire but has deemed a risk to kids.
Instead, the problem teachers are permanently reassigned to the agency’s central or field offices to do administrative work, officials said.
Rosenfeld, 66, who taught typing at Intermediate School 347 in Queens, was originally brought up on charges of making inappropriate comments to female students in 2001.
When a city judge made the decision not to fire Rosenfeld, then-Schools Chancellor Klein decided not to send him back to the classroom.
At one point, Rosenfeld, who is also a lawyer, was investigated for working on his real estate business on city time while he was in the rubber room.
No new charges were eve brought against him after that investigation, officials said Friday.
rmonahan@nydailynews.com
