De Witt Clinton High School Principal Santiago "Santi" Taveras Removed From His Position

Santiago Taveras

...for doing what he does best: changing grades to make a school and his alma mater the NYC Department of Education look good.

Pushing for Change, Bronx Principal Is Undone by Investigation

We know Santi very well. He is one of the many so-called "educators" who float through the United States getting positions high enough to have immunity from public ridicule, harassment and lawsuits. Tony Alvarado, Alan Bersin, Dr. Mike Moses,  John King,

Alan Bersin

Dorita Gibson (and see here), and even NYC Chancellor Carmen Farina (E-Accountability article July 2004) are on the list to take positions of power and authority, no matter what kind of job they did in the past. They all try to fit round pegs into square holes.

April 4, 2011 - Deputy chancellor Santiago Taveras steps down, the third to leave during Black's brief tenure.

Is Tony Alvarado On His Way Back To New York?

Anthony Alvarado

The San Diego Story: Alan Bersin’s six long years at the helm

Education Funding is a Mess and State Education Finance Lawsuits Hope to Change This.:New York, Texas, then Missouri, then...

The Train Wreck of Everyday Math

Norman Scott on Tony Alvarado's Return to New York City, Courtesy of Gifford Miller, NYC Councilmember

I posted my daughter Marielle's article (see below) about 'fuzzy math' at PS 6 when Carmen Farina was principal  to show the despair that I and other parents at PS 6 were feeling when Carmen ended the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program at the school, and required all teachers to implement the dumbed down math program called TERC. Carmen does not believe in TAG programs. She believes that all students can remain at a nice, comfy level 2 or 3 (not 1 or 4) and this satisfies the "all are equal" slogan she lives by.

We parents took matters into our own hands and started tutoring our kids in traditional mathematics, something we were told not to do, and then told our children to hand in their answers with "fuzzy" work, just as mandated by TERC guidelines. The investigations part is hard to stomach, even today. But we all did a great job with the effort to deceive Carmen into thinking that our kids were doing the required fuzzy math as we drew the hats over the computations. Ridiculous and time-consuming, but several teachers told us to do it that way so that they would not be put into 3020-a, or terminated outright if they did not have tenure. It was a group effort, with parents, students, and teachers all in the know. Everyone but the administration. The great, courageous teachers of PS 6 are to be commended for undermining Carmen secretly. We all succeeded in reaching our individual goals for our children with their help. Carmen Farina was removed from PS 6 in 2001.

Carmen Farina

However, immediately after Marielle's article was published by the NY SUN, the PS 6 administration retaliated against her. Marielle was removed from the math team and told she was 'no good at math'. I asked Marielle if she wanted to take the Johns Hopkins' Center For Talented Youth test, she said yes, and she got in, for both math and ELA. Self-esteem saved!

I saw first hand the retaliation and vindictiveness of Carmen Farina and the DOE, and it was not pretty. In fact, if I had not taken a stand to fight, my daughter would not have succeeded in her academic career as she did. When Marielle graduated from PS 6 she was accepted to NEST+M, a very excellent, rigorous academic school on the lower east side.

I won.
WHY TERC? Asks a 9 year old, Who Questions the Value of 'Fuzzy Math' For Her Future Academic Goals

Betsy Combier
betsy.combier@gmail.com
Editor, NYC Rubber Room Reporter
Editor, Parentadvocates.org
Editor, New York Court Corruption
Editor, National Public Voice
Editor, NYC Public Voice
Editor, Inside 3020-a Teacher Trials

Principal removed for changing grades to boost graduation rates

By Susan Edelman and Selim Algar

A high-profile Bronx principal was ousted Wednesday after an investigation found that he changed grades to boost faltering graduation rates, The Post has learned.

DeWitt Clinton HS Principal Santiago Taveras was removed after a Special Commissioner of Investigation probe into allegations he tinkered with grades for failing students and pressured teachers to follow suit.

As first reported by The Post, disgusted staffers blew the whistle on the former Department of Education deputy chancellor a year ago after saying they were tired of his dependence on fraud to rescue DeWitt’s reputation.

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Taveras, who knew of his fate since Monday, greeted students arriving for school and left in his car, according to a source.

About an hour later, DOE officials arrived and changed the locks.

Clinton teachers confided to The Post that Taveras frequently doctored grades without their knowledge or consent while leaning on them to advance students, regardless of their classroom attendance or performance.The DOE confirmed that Taveras — a favorite of Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña — was officially severed from Clinton. “Mr. Taveras has been reassigned away from DeWitt Clinton pending a disciplinary matter,” said spokeswoman Devora Kaye. “The superintendent will work closely with the school community to support a new temporary acting principal and focus on serving the needs of its students.”

“He thinks he’s God and can do whatever he wants,” a staffer said at the time.

In one case, Taveras gave a “no-show” senior a 75 in a global-history class and hiked her failing 55 grade in gym to the minimum passing grade of 65, records provided to The Post show.

Taveras was installed at Clinton — which boasts writer James Baldwin and comedian Tracy Morgan as grads — to reverse a steep downward spiral.

NYC Department of Education Senior Deputy Chancellor Dorita Gibson Says She "Continues The NYC DOE Work on The Rights of All Children to an Equitable and Excellent Education"

I dont like puff pieces.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an Opinion by recently-convicted scammer NYC Department of Education Senior Deputy Chancellor Dorita Gibson which can only be seen as a desperate plea by Ms. Gibson to have the public forgive her for her crimes:

Dorita Gibson

Dorita Gibson and 11 Other Top NYC Department of Education Administrators Spent Money Not Theirs To Spend

Why do I call what she did a crime? Well, first of all, I can, because that is my opinion of her reckless, intentional and unethical spending of public money. My money. Your money.

Second, not only can I say what she was found guilty of is a crime, but I say that she is part of the pattern and practice of those who work for - or are appointed to work for - the NYC Department of Education to scam, lie and cheat the parents and children in our nation's largest public school system.

The New York City Rubber Room Anti-Teacher Charging Process Shows How Corrupt the Carmen Farina-Bill De Blasio Department of Education Really Is. by Betsy Combier

The Farina-Mulgrew-de-Blasio Triumvirate Put Tenured Teachers Into Rubber Rooms On The Public Dime Without Accountability

There is no accountability, and Carmen Farina has been committing crimes against the children of NYC at least since 2000, when I asked where the $225,000 in Annenberg Challenge For the Arts money was, as a parent at PS 6 (Carmen was Principal):

A Question For Carmen Farina, NYC Chancellor: Where is the Money?

Changing Grades and Cheating in NYC: The Saga of Lies at Cobble Hill School of American Studies and Current Chancellor of the NYC DOE Carmen Farina by Philip Nobile

I submitted a written report of my findings to Annenberg, and suggested that all grants given to schools have built-in accountability/monitoring processes to prevent exactly what happened at PS 6 and PS 198.

Carmen and Dorita need to go, be removed, retire (Carmen=again), or get other jobs not involving the spending of public money. They can't seem to stop their urge to purge the public bank.

Hello, Bill? Are you listening yet?

Betsy Combier

betsy.combier@gmail.com

Editor, NYC Rubber Room Reporter

Dorita Gibson at Tweed, NYC DOE Headquarters

OPINION: Continuing our work to create 

schools that reflect our diverse city

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By Dorita Gibson, Senior Deputy Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

For Brooklyn Daily Eagle

‎"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."

— Archbishop Desmond Tutu

In celebration of Black History Month,‎ I want to highlight an important right that every child across every neighborhood in New York City deserves —  the right to an equitable and excellent education. We must continue to invest in significant, necessary changes to ensure that no student, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or religious beliefs, is denied that right.  

The first step to solving a problem is acknowledging that there is one. That’s what the students at Brooklyn Technical High School accomplished by speaking up about racially based incidents, including unfair treatment and discriminatory comments that were taking place. Students vocalized their concerns, and as a result, administrators at the school and staff at the New York City Department of Education (DOE) listened to them, acknowledged their issues and set in motion steps to ensure that corrective measures are taken. Through engagement, led by Brooklyn Tech Principal Randy Asher in partnership with District 13 Superintendent Karen Watts and Central DOE support staff, a plan has been put in place and is being implemented.  

The DOE does not tolerate discrimination of any kind. We have acknowledged a problem and have educators on the ground working with the school community every day to address it. We know that this is by no means a new issue, but it is an important one in our schools and communities. When this happens, it needs to be candidly acknowledged, categorically repudiated and directly addressed. This means that we will continue to have tough conversations and work to unravel these complex issues. As a life-long educator, I know there is nothing more important than ensuring all students are empowered to learn in supportive, inclusive and trusting environments.

Our Equity and Access programs expand opportunities for historically underserved school communities and provide a variety of resources to ensure students and adults can get the information, tools and training they need to better prepare for success in school and beyond. Respect for All Week, Feb. 9-12, provides us with additional opportunities to highlight and build upon ongoing diversity programs and instruction, ensuring that we are teaching all of our students the importance of respect and inclusion.

Students learn from interacting and collaborating with classmates of diverse backgrounds. Through Respect for All, we encourage school communities to come together, celebrate their differences and open their minds to other cultures, ideas and beliefs; and in doing so, gain a better understanding of those around them. 

We know we can do more. We must ensure that each child, regardless of where they live across the city, is receiving the education they deserve.  It is going to take commitment, a comprehensive approach and community participation to build consensus to create an equity-based system and provoke real change that results in truly expanding educational opportunities for all. Our Community School‎ Initiative is one of many steps being taken toward reaching this goal. 

We will continue to confront the issue of disparity, and broaden opportunities for all students.  As educators, it is our duty to teach future generations to be inclusive and respectful of other people and ideas. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and we must and we will do more for our students.

February 5, 2016 - 1:41pm

Dorita Gibson and 11 Other Top NYC Department of Education Administrators Spent Money Not Theirs To Spend

Dorita Gibson, one of Chancellor Fariña's top deputies, couldn't justify $3,574
in private parking charges, an investigation found.

Ahhh..... the same old lack of accountability/friends with benefits problem.

When did you say you were going to fix this, Bill?

Betsy Combier
Editor, NYC Rubber Room Reporter

Probe finds ‘dirty dozen’ used DOE credit cards for personal expenses

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Twelve city Department of Education administrators, including top deputies of Chancellor Carmen Fariña, used their DOE credit cards to throw lavish staff parties, bought expensive goods that couldn’t be found, and failed to document thousands of dollars in purchases, an investigation found.

Those slapped for violations include Fariña’s second in command, Dorita Gibson, who had no records to justify $3,574 in private parking charges as business-related.

Special schools investigator Richard Condon, in a newly released 2013 report, found the dirty dozen misused their “procurement cards,” or p-cards. Several treated fellow supervisors to dine on the taxpayer’s dime at posh eateries such as the Morton’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, Red Rooster in Harlem, Carmine’s, and the Park Side Restaurant in Queens.

Among the worst offenses:
Derek Jones, a former Children First Network leader, held an “end-of-year celebration” for school principals at Morton’s at a cost of $3,655, or $140.57 per person. That far exceeded the DOE’s limit for food at staff meetings, $8 per person. Jones’ explanation: He had to guarantee payment for 65 guests, but only 26 came.

Jones also swiped his p-card at Best Buy for a $1,524.68 Mac laptop and a $1,414.98 camera. Rules require employees to keep receipts for six years, but Jones had none, and said, “I did not know that.” Nor did he know what became of the laptop or camera.

He also charged many personal lunches and Starbucks beverages, saying he was taking DOE phone calls at the time.
Patrick Fagan, another DOE network leader, used his p-card 53 times to buy himself lunch, coffee and bagels before or after DOE meetings. Total: $495.95.

Fagan failed to document a total $9,744.86 in charges. He spent $7,900 for an Urban Assembly HS graduation party on Governors Island, but could not account for $1,400. Fagan also bought snacks and refreshments, but could not prove the purchases were work-related.
Matthew Manner, a network director of operations, spent $6,552 on four “celebrations” with principals at the Red Rooster in Harlem, owned by famed chef Marcus Samuelsson. One bash costing $4,110, or $71.87 a head, included a jazz band and lecture on jazz. The network’s operations director, Daniel Feigelson, called the event “educational.”

Manner also treated fellow supervisors to seven dinners at other restaurants, all far exceeding the $8 limit, including one at Carmine’s for $74.36 a head. He bought food for six breakfast meetings costing up to $30.26 a head — well above the $3 per person limit.
Corinne Rello-Anselmi, now Fariña’s deputy chancellor for specialized instruction, did not keep records for $1,926.50 in parking charges or for $1,133.06 in food charges up to $233 each.

The city would not say what discipline, if any, was imposed on the 12 administrators, who all got six-figure paychecks. Four have left the DOE.

Carmen Farina Wins the 2015 WHO ARE YOU KIDDING? Award as the "Best Talent" the World Has, To Run the NYC DOE

Carmen Farina

Carmen Farina and her "beautiful day" in the NYC blizzard
(Love the hat, Carmen!! -B)

Working For the NYC DOE is, for the chosen few, a very good job. You can do very little work, if any at all, and get paid a lot of money.

Below you can see how good it is at the NYC DOE for a select number of people, in terms of making high salaries.

I love the press contact's comment:

“It is essential that we maintain competitive salaries to attract the best talent to help run the nation’s largest school system,” spokeswoman Devora Kaye said.

Carmen Farina is the "best talent?"

Carmen Farina: The Problem With Her Being Chancellor of the NYC School System Is.......

So, I award the "WHO ARE YOU KIDDING AWARD" for 2015 to:

Carmen Farina.

Notice of the ceremony and press event to follow.

Past winners:
The Second "Who Are You Kidding Award" Goes To Dennis Walcott

The "Who Are You Kidding??" Award Goes To: Joel Klein, New York City Board of Education Pretender

Betsy Combier, Editor
President, ADVOCATZ

Chalkbeat:

How the Department of Education’s top salaries stack up

By Geoff Decker

gdecker@chalkbeat.org

PUBLISHED: October 2, 2015 - 6:00 am EDT

 

 

The Department of Education’s top earner is no surprise: Chancellor Carmen Fariña, the longtime educator at the helm of the nation’s largest school system.

Newly released pay records show that two of Fariña’s most trusted deputies are not far behind: Dorita Gibson, Fariña’s second in command, and Corinne Rello-Anselmi, the deputy chancellor for special education, both make more than $200,000.

Gale Reeves

But the fourth highest paid employee may come as more of a surprise. Harlem Superintendent Gale Reeves, who oversees one of the city’s 32 local districts, is set to take home $204,000 — a salary that surpasses all other members of Fariña’s executive leadership team, including four deputy chancellors, the department’s chief finance officer, and its top lawyer.

Unlike salaries for teachers and principals, the pay for education department managers is not determined by labor contracts. Chalkbeat obtained the salary information for the majority of staff that is working centrally to support the city school system. Here’s what we learned:

All together, managerial salaries totaled $168 million for 1,500 employees in May 2015. For context, that’s only about 1 percent of what the city spends on salaries for the 133,000 teachers, principals, guidance counselors, and custodians who work directly in schools, which totaled more than $13 billion in 2013. (An extended list of the top-earners is below.)

Some managers have retained high salaries even after their responsibilities have shrunk. Reeves is the highest-profile case: Her official job title, “regional instructional supervisor,” is a relic of the Bloomberg administration, which created that high-ranking position for people managing multiple districts. That title was eliminated in a later round of restructuring, and Reeves became the superintendent of only Harlem’s District 5, a job she’s held since.

Parents in the district have clashed with Reeves for years, and began airing their frustrations publicly in recent months. In August, the district’s parent council spent much of its meeting criticizing Reeves for keeping important information about their schools from them and hiring principals without input from parents or teachers, though a few speakers defended her. Reeves did not respond to multiple emails seeking comment.

Fariña’s salary is still relatively low. Fariña now earns $222,000, which is less than many other big-city school chiefs make. Los Angeles’ Ramon Cortines makes $300,000, and Boston’s Tommy Chang makes $257,000, for example.

Her salary is also less than the $250,000 former Chancellor Joel Klein made during the Bloomberg administration. (Fariña also makes an extra $199,000 in a pension earned before coming out of retirement to serve as chancellor.)

One in five central employees from the Bloomberg administration left after de Blasio took office. Just under 300 of 1,500 nonunionized employees left the department between January 2014 and May 2015. That includes the high-profile departures of top Bloomberg deputies, but is a fuller picture of the churn that came as a result of the mayoral transition — and shows that four of five managers chose to stick around.

The department’s managers have received more than $8 million in raises since 2013, records show. There are now nine people who earn more than $200,000 a year, up from four in 2013, and 821 people who make $100,000, up from 614 in 2013.

Some of those raises came from a 4.5 percent boost that de Blasio gave to eligible managers across all city agencies earlier this year — the first increase in their base pay since 2009.

Other raises came with new responsibilities. The managers with the biggest salary increases since de Blasio took office are Elizabeth Rose, now the deputy chancellor for operations, whose pay rose from $116,550 to $187,000, and Sophia Pappas, who is head of the city’s pre-kindergarten programs and whose salary rose from $115,000 to $167,321.

Other high-ranking officials who saw big raises were Anna Commitante, who now oversees curriculum and teacher training and whose pay went from $166,000 to $191,000, and Ursulina Ramirez, the chancellor’s chief of staff, whose pay rose from $163,000 to $187,000.

Department officials said salaries are determined by a combination of factors, including seniority, previous salary, and education.

“It is essential that we maintain competitive salaries to attract the best talent to help run the nation’s largest school system,” spokeswoman Devora Kaye said.

Salaries of All New York City Employees are Public Information, and the Total Paid Out is $29 Billion, With a "B" (2005)

NYC Department of Education Contact Information at 52 Chambers Street, Manhattan

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(212) 374-6000

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The NYC Department of Education derives its powers from New York State law. The thirteen member body designated as the Board of Education in section 2590-b of the Educational Law shall be known as the Panel for Educational Policy. The Panel for Educational Policy is a part of the governance structure responsible for the City School District of the City of New York, subject to the laws of the State of New York and the regulations of the State Department of Education. Other parts of the structure include the Chancellor, superintendents, community and citywide councils, principals, and school leadership teams. Together this structure shall be designated as the Department of Education of the City of New York.

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Senior Officials

Chancellor - Carmen Fariña Salary: $212,614. Appointed January 1, 2014. The Chancellor is the Chief Executive of the New York City public school system. She is appointed by the Mayor, and serves ex officio as a member of the Panel for Educational Policy, Trustee of the New York City School Construction Authority, and Member of the New York City Youth Board. (212) 374-0200 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Ursulina Ramirez 212- 374-5485 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Senior Advisor - Melissa Harris (212) 374-7652 Fax: (212) 374-5588

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Division of School Support

Senior Deputy Chancellor - Dorita Gibson
(212) 374-7858 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Janel Matthews
(212) 374-5140 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Senior Supervising Superintendent - Laura Feijoo
(212) 374-7832 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Office of School Support & Supervision - Romie Barriere

(212) 374-0705

Office of Equity & Access - Laura Feijoo (212) 374-7832 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Office of New School Design & Charter Partnership - Julian Cohen (212) 374-2371

Office of Innovation - Celine Azoulay (718) 759-4887

Office of School Improvement & State/Federal Education Policy - Sharon Rencher (212) 374-0557

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Division of Specialized Instruction & Student Support

Deputy Chancellor - Corinne Rello-Anselmi  (212) 374-5766 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Carrie Bateman (212) 374-4940 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Special Education Office - Christina Foti (212) 374-5023

District 75 Citywide Programs, Superintendent - Gary Hecht (212) 802-1501 Fax: (212) 802-1678

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Division of Teaching & Learning

Deputy Chancellor - Phil Weinberg  (212) 374-6792 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Courtney Allison (212) 374-6849 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Implementation Team - Dan Aymar Blair (718) 916-4474 Fax: (212) 374-5908

Office of Policy & Evaluation - Alice Brown (212) 374-3831

Office of Organizational Strategy & Policy - Sarah Johnson (212) 374-7955 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Office of Post-Secondary Readiness - Vanda Belusic-Vollor (212) 374-7697

Office of Interschool Collaborative Learning - Christina Fuentes (212) 374-4252

Office of Curriculum, Instruction & Professional Development - Anna Commitante (212) 374-2337

Office of Leadership - Marina Cofield (212) 374-3455

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Division of Operations

Interim Acting Deputy Chancellor - Elizabeth Rose  (212) 374-7868 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Andrea Metz (212) 374-7626

Division of School Facilities - John T. Shea (718) 349-5410

Educational Construction Fund - Jennifer Maldonado (212) 374-5026

Division of Non-Public Schools - Caren Zayde Moncher (718) 935-4970 Fax: (718) 935-4985

Interim Acting CEO Office of Safety & Youth Development - Lois Herrera (212) 374-6807 Fax: (212) 374-5751

Office of Guidance & School Counseling - Vacant (212) 374-6807 Fax: (212) 374-5751

Office of School Health - Roger Platt (347) 396-4751

Office of School Wellness Programs - Lindsey Harr (718) 935-4852

Office of School Support Services - Eric Goldstein 44-35 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 11101(718) 707-4399

SchoolFood - Dennis Barrett (718) 707-4357

Pupil Transportation - Alexandra Robinson (718) 786-8970

Public Schools Athletic League - Donald Douglas (718) 707-4219 Fax: (718) 707-4225

School Construction Authority - Lorraine Grillo (718) 472-8216

Space Management Group - Thomas Taratko (718) 935-3361 Fax: (718) 935-3363

Office of Student Enrollment - Robert Sanft (212) 374-6702 Fax: (212) 374-5568

Division of Human Resources - Lawrence Becker (718) 935-4176 Fax: (718) 935-5270

Division of Instructional & Information Technology - Hal Friedlander (718) 935-4500

Office of Field Operations - Kevin Moran(212) 374-4254

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Department for English Language Learners & Student Support

Deputy Chancellor - Milady Baez (212) 374-5103 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Kirsten Busch (212) 374-5195 Fax: (212) 374-5588

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Office of Communications & External Affairs

Senior Advisor - Maite Junco  (212) 374-3416 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Monica Tavares (212) 374-0561

Office of Intergovernmental Affairs - Nnennaya Okezie (212) 374-4947

Press Office - Devora Kaye (212) 374-6469

Chancellor's Strategic Response Group - Monica Davis Thorne (212) 374-5172 Fax: (212) 374-5763

Marketing & Digital Communications - John Laduca (212) 374-3456

Special Advisor for Community Partnerships - Christine Marinoni (212) 374-2464

Special Advisor for Community Affairs - Sadye Campoamor (212) 374-6836

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Office of Family & Community Engagement

Executive Director - Jesse Mojica  (212) 374-3948

Chief of Staff - Daiana Iqbal (212) 374-2488

Translation & Interpretation Unit - Kleber Palma (718) 752-7370 Fax: (718) 752-7390

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Office of the General Counsel

General Counsel - Courtenaye Jackson-Chase  (212) 374-3440 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief Deputy Counsel, Office of Legal Service - Charity Guerra (212) 374-2430

Office of Ethics & Conflicts of Interest - Samantha Biletsky (212) 374-3438 Fax: (212) 374-5596

Office of Federal & State Regulatory Compliance - TJ Stevenson (212) 374-3436

Senior Field Counsel & General Practice Unit - Robin Greenfield (212) 374-2983 Fax: (212) 374-5939

Commercial Unit - William Joyce (212) 374-2999 Fax: (212) 374-5959

Administrative Trials Unit - Laura Brantley (212) 374-6770

Teacher Performance Unit - Naeemah Lamont (212) 374-6034

Class Action Litigation & Risk Management - Judy Nathan (212) 374-2993 Fax: (212) 374-3439

Special Education Unit - Mariam Qureshi Mahmood (212) 356-3862

Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management - Odelia Levy (718) 935-2427

Office of Special Investigations - Jaclyn Vargo (718) 935-3800

Office of Case Assessment & Review - Theresa Europe (212) 374-6749 Fax: (212) 374-1074

Office of Labor Relations & Office of Appeals & Review -David Brodsky (212) 374-7954 Fax: (212) 374-0423

Office of the Auditor General - Danya Labban (718) 935-4928 Fax: (718) 935-5458

Office of Compliance Services - Maxine Payne (212) 374-6039 Fax: (212) 374-9836

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The FUND for Public Schools

Executive Director - Iris Chen (212) 374-7689

Chief of Staff - Nirvani Budhram

Chief Administrative Officer - Elizabeth Barr

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Office of the Chief Strategy Officer

Chief Strategy Officer - Josh Wallack  (212) 374-5406 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Jenny Sobelman (212) 374-0241

Strategic Planning Office - Joshua Winter (646) 785-9660

Division of Early Childhood Education - Sophia Pappas (212) 374-0498

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Division of Finance

Chief Financial Officer - Raymond Orlando  (212) 374-1872 Fax: (212) 374-5588

Chief of Staff - Benjamin Schanback (212) 374-6017

Division of Financial Operations - Michael Tragale (718) 935-2342 Fax: (212) 374-5902

Division of Financial Systems & Business Operations - Richard Carlo (718) 935-4413 Fax: (718) 935-4605

Division of Capital & Reimbursable Finance - Ling Tan (718) 935-4333 Fax: (212) 374-4394

Division of Financial Planning & Management - Angela Schowengerdt (212) 374-0334

Division of School Budget Planning & Operations - Annie Finn  (212) 374-5206 Fax: (212) 374-5586

Financial Strategies Group - Karma Wilson (212) 374-5320

Division of Contracts & Purchasing - David Ross (718) 935-2613 Fax: (718) 935-5117

Office of Medicaid Operations - Andrew Hollander (212) 374-4338 Fax: (212) 374-5586

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Email: Panel@schools.nyc.gov

Panel for Educational Policy

52 Chambers St., New York, NY, 10007

(212) 374-5038

(non-voting) - Carmen Fariña  Ex-officio.

Member - T. Elzora Cleveland

Member - Norm Fruchter

Member - Deborah Dillingham - Queens

Member - Vanesa Leung

Member - Lori Podvesker

Member - Robert Powell - Bronx

Member - Robert Reffkin

Member - D. Miguelina Zorrilla-Aristy

Member - Fred Baptiste - Brooklyn

Member - Kamillah Payne-Hanks - Staten Island

Member - Eduardo J. Marti, PhD

Member - Laura Zingmond - Manhattan

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Board of Education Retirement System

65 Court St., Brooklyn, NY, 11201

Executive Director - Christine Bailey (718) 935-5400