It would be my opinion that Rushell White and/or the CSA (David's Union) could have, or should have, quickly transferred David out of MS 226 before the case had to be filed in Federal Court with an Order To Show Cause. Waiting on this and harassing David Possner is not a solution, Principal White.
Betsy Combier, Editor, NYC Rubber Room Reporter
President, ADVOCATZ
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| Principal Rushell White |
School worker files lawsuit alleging principal taunted him as ‘bad Jew’
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| MS 226 |
A Jewish school administrator claims in a federal lawsuit that he was “tormented” by his principal who considered him “on the wrong side of God.”
David Possner, an assistant principal at MS 226 in South Ozone Park, Queens, claims in the Manhattan suit that colleagues texted him about a work assignment during Yom Kippur.
Because he used his phone to read the text and reply — which goes against Orthodox custom on High Holy Days — they called him a “bad Jew.”
When he alerted Principal Rushell White, a Christian, to the harassment, she allegedly replied, “Maybe you are a bad Jew,” according to court papers.
White also allegedly “callously targeted” Possner, who is demanding a transfer out of the school.
She once ordered him to pick up a half-eaten plum off the floor in view of school custodians, who then teased him and texted that he should “pick up fruit stuck in their butts,” according to court papers.
When a student set off third-floor fire extinguishers during the 2012-13 school year, White accused Possner, although he’d been supervising kids on the first floor, he charges.
White said she had “one Jew too many” in the school, Possner claims.
The Department of Education declined to comment.
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More on Principal Rushell White:
Queens school eyed for cheating on state exams
by Ben Chapman, NY Daily News
Rushell White, principal of Junior High School 226, accused of telling teachers to give students test questions and extra time
State officials are investigating
a Queens principal accused of ordering teachers to help students cheat on
April’s high-stakes English exams, the Daily News has learned.
Principal Rushell White allegedly
told teachers at Junior High School 226 to give students the test questions
beforehand - and to let them have extra time, according to four teachers
interviewed by The News.
“It’s unfair to the students,”
said one instructor who asked to remain anonymous because he fears retribution.
The teachers said that White encouraged
instructors at the C-rated school to skirt testing protocols in order to boost
kids’ exam scores, which are used to decide whether students are promoted to
the next grade. Also,if a school does particularly well on the tests, its
principal may get a bonus.
Two teachers said that White urged
them to share some test questions with sixth graders at a meeting before the
exam.
“She told a room full of teachers
to give kids the questions ahead of time,” one shocked instructor told The
News, adding, “I wouldn’t do it. I wouldn’t cheat.”
But other teachers at the meeting
may have taken White’s advice to share questions from the listening portion of
the exam ahead of time, the instructor said.
White also extended the amount of
time allotted for the exams from 90 minutes to nearly two hours in some
classrooms, said two teachers who gave kids the extra time.
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Principal Rushell White of Junior High School 226 in South Ozone Park, Queens, has been
accused of pushing teachers to reveal test questions and give students extra time to take crucial
state exams.
“If you have an extra twenty
minutes, you can go over the test to check your answers. It’s easier to do
well,” said one of the teachers.
White, who earns $123,834 and has
worked in the Department of Education since 1998, didn’t return multiple calls
for comment on this story.
State Education officials said
they received an anonymous allegation detailing the charges these teachers have
made against White, and they are investigating the claims.
“We take all complaints seriously,
and we will follow up on the allegations here,” state Education Department
spokesman Jonathan Burman said.
The state’s annual math and
reading tests have encountered more controversy than usual this year.
Last month, state education
officials yanked a question about a talking pineapple from the test because it
didn’t make sense.
Other bunk questions and scoring
problems are still being discovered in the tests, prompting top city and state
education officials to call for improvements next year.
bchapman@nydailynews.com
Wills is a filandering crook. Him and his girlfriend principal Rushell White spent up that 30 grand he stole.
May 18, 2013, 10:08 am"
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