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Congratulations to Sue Edelman of the New York Post who brought the improper actions of Principal Sills to the public arena. and made a difference
Now its' time to look at who knew about this woman and her misconduct before Sue did the story, and ask, "Why didn't someone get rid of her sooner?"
Let's start with the Superintendent, Michelle Lloyd-Bey of District 27. Lloyd-Bey rated Sills as
| Substantially Exceeds |
Everyone should read Eric's article on
Why Is Michelle Lloyd-Bey Still The District 27 Superintendent?
District 27
Michelle Lloyd-Bey
82-01 Rockaway Blvd.,
Ozone Park, NY 11416
(718) 642-5861
email-mbey@schools.nyc.gov
SCI Press Release
SCI Report on Sills
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NY POST articles:
‘School of No’ principal getting fired after probe
The Dept. of Education said Tuesday it will fire notorious “School of No” Principal Marcella Sills, quickly responding to a probe that found she blatantly lied about her attendance at...
Schools probe says to fire, ban ‘School of No’ principal
The city’s top schools investigator lowered the boom Tuesday on notorious “School of No” principal Marcella Sills – saying she should be fired and banned from working in the Deptartment...
Pre-kindergarten kids at ‘School of No’ get classroom
First, new books. Now, real classrooms. The basic-tools-of-learning keep flowing in to the infamous Queens “School of No,” where furniture has finally been delivered for kindergarten students, and pre-K kids...
‘School of No’ principal splurged on office as kids lacked basics
Where did the money go? PS 106 was allotted $3.3 million in 2013-14, including more than $160,000 in federal Title I funds to serve kids from poor homes. Yet the...
City ignored pleas to ax ‘lunatic’ principal
They knew. Teachers begged city officials to investigate “School of No” Principal Marcella Sills soon after she started in 2005 — citing her constant tardiness, harassment of staff and extravagant...
‘School of No’ principal refuses to hire subs
Days after city officials descended on the “School of No,” Principal Marcella Sills is still flouting the rules — refusing to hire substitutes for absent teachers as part of a...
‘School of No’ students watch bootlegged movies
They can’t get math or reading books — but students at Queens’ notorious “School of No’’ get to see first-run movies before their peers. Lesson-deprived students at PS 106 said...
‘School of No’ gets new books
Finally, these kids have something to say “Yes!” about. Boxes of schoolbooks were delivered Wednesday to the infamous Queens “School of No” after a series of Post articles revealed mismanagement...
The ritzy student bash at the school with no books
Their school provides them no textbooks, no supplies or art classes. But here are the underprivileged pupils of Far Rockaway’s PS 106 — dressed to the nines in tuxes and...
Dept. of Education sends special investigator to ‘School of No’
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NO GYM OR ART: With no phys-ed or art classes, students are left to watch movies, including
“Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Fat Albert.”
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The Education Department on Tuesday sicced its special schools investigator on the Queens “School of No,” where parents booed the embattled principal amid allegations of rampant neglect and mismanagement.
Inquiry Into Queens School Calls for Firing of Principal
NYTIMES
Officials took steps toward firing a Queens elementary school principal after a report on Tuesday found that she regularly arrived late to work and called a custodian to help her enter the building through a side door.
The principal, Marcella Sills, was often late or absent from work, the report found, but still received her full salary. The report, by Richard J. Condon, the special commissioner of investigation for the school district, recommended that she be fired and banned from working for the New York City Education Department.
Several workers at the school, P.S. 106 in Far Rockaway, told investigators that Ms. Sills frequently arrived at the building between 9 a.m. and noon. The investigation began after The New York Post reported in January that Ms. Sills often did not show up for work.
Ms. Sills, who had been principal since 2005, is no longer assigned to the school, the Education Department said on Tuesday.
“The findings of this report are disturbing — and we plan on executing” Mr. Condon’s recommendations, Devon Puglia, a spokesman for the department, said in a statement. “As we do that,” he added, “we are going to continue to support this school as much as possible going forward.”
The findings were also given to the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown, for “whatever action he deems appropriate,” the report said.
Ms. Sills could not be reached for comment on Tuesday evening. She told investigators that she regularly arrived at the school on time and had only arrived late over the last year when she was helping her mother with an illness.
The school’s custodian, Samuel Ordonez, told investigators that Ms. Sills usually arrived late and called him on his personal cellphone to open a school gate so that she could park her BMW in a driveway. Mr. Ordonez said he helped Ms. Sills with her bags and they entered the school together through a door near the lunchroom.
Phone records found that Ms. Sills called Mr. Ordonez on his cellphone almost daily, often between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., the report said.
Mr. Condon also recommended that disciplinary action be taken against the school’s assistant principal, Tonya West, who did not keep proper attendance records and supplied false timecards when investigators asked for documentation. Ms. West resigned effective Feb. 3.
The principal, Marcella Sills, was often late or absent from work, the report found, but still received her full salary. The report, by Richard J. Condon, the special commissioner of investigation for the school district, recommended that she be fired and banned from working for the New York City Education Department.
Several workers at the school, P.S. 106 in Far Rockaway, told investigators that Ms. Sills frequently arrived at the building between 9 a.m. and noon. The investigation began after The New York Post reported in January that Ms. Sills often did not show up for work.
Ms. Sills, who had been principal since 2005, is no longer assigned to the school, the Education Department said on Tuesday.
“The findings of this report are disturbing — and we plan on executing” Mr. Condon’s recommendations, Devon Puglia, a spokesman for the department, said in a statement. “As we do that,” he added, “we are going to continue to support this school as much as possible going forward.”
The findings were also given to the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown, for “whatever action he deems appropriate,” the report said.
Ms. Sills could not be reached for comment on Tuesday evening. She told investigators that she regularly arrived at the school on time and had only arrived late over the last year when she was helping her mother with an illness.
The school’s custodian, Samuel Ordonez, told investigators that Ms. Sills usually arrived late and called him on his personal cellphone to open a school gate so that she could park her BMW in a driveway. Mr. Ordonez said he helped Ms. Sills with her bags and they entered the school together through a door near the lunchroom.
Phone records found that Ms. Sills called Mr. Ordonez on his cellphone almost daily, often between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., the report said.
Mr. Condon also recommended that disciplinary action be taken against the school’s assistant principal, Tonya West, who did not keep proper attendance records and supplied false timecards when investigators asked for documentation. Ms. West resigned effective Feb. 3.
Isn't the "School of No" related to the UFT of "No Democracy?" If teachers constantly complained to DR's about this fiasco, where was Mulgrew? Isn't he paid to respond to teachers' cries for help?
ReplyDeleteThe UFT fears that if it supports quick and reasonable discipline/removal of incompetent or dishonest administrators, the BoE will then expect the right to discipline incompetent or dishonest teachers. Horrors!
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