Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Principal Ousted After Black, Latino Students Were Allegedly Barred from Enrolling


By Lisa Colangelo and Ben Chapman

Fallout from an alleged effort to keep black and Hispanic kids out of a sought-after elementary school in the Bronx has spread as the school’s principal has been demoted, the Daily News has learned.

Andrea Feldman, former acting principal of Public School 24 in Riverdale, was removed from her position of leadership at the school for allowing a staffer for state Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz to register incoming kindergarten students in the spring, Education Department officials said.

PS 24 Assistant Principal Manny Verdi claims Dinowitz’s staffer was allowed to screen kindergarten applications to keep minority and low-income students out of the upscale neighborhood’s school. 

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)

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