Is our children learning? Not at this school in Queens:
Some pretty amazing @nypost reporting on a no-show principal in Queens who takes an odd approach to her $128K job: http://t.co/dK36gO7h7C
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) January 13, 2014
There are 234 students at PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens. And do you know how they spend their school days? Watching movies.
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/422829346970030080
And according to the Post, teachers have been waiting on new curricula (Common Core curricula, in fact) since Hurricane Sandy. Principal Marcella Sills, whose annual salary is over $128,000, rarely shows up for work.
Oh, and there’s this:
PS 106 is allocated $2.9 million to serve a low-income population with 98 percent of its students eligible for free lunches. As a Title 1 school, it gets extra federal funds, but community members say they’ve never seen a budget tracking the income and spending.
But please, lefties. Tell us more about how school choice will hurt the children.
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/422791217634484224
$128,207/year and $2,900 in overtime to work virtually one day a week. Isn't that swell. http://t.co/hSrn365qpt
— Melissa Quinn (@MelissaQuinn97) January 13, 2014
kids are forced to stay there. no choice RT @chucktodd: Might be most disturbing story of the day. http://t.co/BQpy7oU1VZ (h/t @mikiebarb)
— Get Team Pages: Text "WinRed" to 797979 (@lansing) January 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/FBillMcMorris/status/422827574767923200
Sure glad this school isn't being run by a charter non-profit or an evil corporation. @BrianFaughnan http://t.co/2a7onFTIuY
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) January 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/rachelveronica/status/422831994628603904
Holy crap. Just holy crap. http://t.co/8SeKP3fcIz
— Will Upton (@wupton) January 13, 2014
This is beyond tragic, ladies and gentlemen: http://t.co/6pOe9493bd
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 13, 2014
Dear @NYCCouncil & @NYCMayorsOffice: WHAT IS GOING ON IN FAR ROCKAWAY AT PS 106? http://t.co/C3mORNk182
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) January 13, 2014
What in the fuck. RT @RBPundit: OMG. http://t.co/sVmbZ2SR2w
— eric (@eriContrarian) January 13, 2014
@RBPundit These administrators and teachers in this school are the ones that should be audited.
— Mike (@ThePantau) January 13, 2014
This http://t.co/C3mORNk182 is the same #PS106 where a 2nd grader was tortured & sexually assaulted: http://t.co/lHw4UjkHtN #NYC
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) January 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/akaNoosh/status/422834852686077952
Absolutely. Disgusting. Inexcusable. RT @freddoso: This is a crime. http://t.co/tNmIIKI5a2
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) January 13, 2014
The story of PS 106 becomes even sadder when you think about this:
The real horror story is all the other schools like this that go unreported. http://t.co/O3IdBnZv45
— eric (@eriContrarian) January 13, 2014
Just horrible. Read the full article — if you can stomach it.
Something has got to be done.
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