{"id":1538550,"date":"2022-07-04T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538550"},"modified":"2022-07-04T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T17:19:14","slug":"utter-disorganization-and-insanity-students-file-petition-against-principal-accused-of-targeting-white-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utter-disorganization-and-insanity-students-file-petition-against-principal-accused-of-targeting-white-staffers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Utter Disorganization And Insanity\u2019: Students File Petition Against Principal Accused Of Targeting White Staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futter-disorganization-and-insanity-students-file-petition-against-principal-accused-of-targeting-white-staffers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538550&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Students at a high school in New York City have created a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/high-school-for-law-public-service?redirect=false\"> petition<\/a> to target the principal, who has been accused in the past of targeting white staffers for firing.<\/p>\n<p>The students at the High School for Law and Public Service claim their principal Paula Lev, who hails from the Dominican Republic, has focused on \u201cnew furniture, plants and TV screens for the hallways\u201d instead of more vital issues, and charge the school has disintegrated into \u201cutter disorganization and insanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, improving the appearance of our school and making it the most visually appealing school has become more of a priority to the principal than focusing on providing quality education to our students,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n<p>Paula Lev came under investigation by the city Department of Education (DOE) in 2021 for allegedly telling a faculty member she \u201cwas going to get rid of all these white teachers that aren\u2019t doing anything for the kids of our community,\u201d a complaint filed with the \u00a0DOE\u2019s Office of Equal Opportunity stated. The complaint also asserted Lev asked the faculty member to \u201cconspire with her\u201d in firing a white colleague,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/10\/washington-heights-school-staffers-have-no-confidence-in-principal-paula-lev-after-race-flap\/\">The New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021, Lev disparaged the motives of teacher Nick Bacon, the union chapter leader, who had filed a routine grievance about scheduling that affected teachers. Lev confronted Bacon in front of other teachers, snapping, \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what your problem with me was, maybe it\u2019s because I am a woman of color and you\u2019re a white man?\u201d The statement was confirmed by most of the school\u2019s tenured members.<\/p>\n<p>Lev later apologized but suggested Bacon read Robin DiAngelo \u201cWhite Fragility: Why It\u2019s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had enough and cannot bear to witness the utter disorganization and insanity at our school, especially that we once proudly called home,\u201d the students lament in their petition..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents and teachers are all facing the same problem: no one communicates and there is no transparency,\u201d they charge. \u201cCertain teachers are completely clueless and students can provide many examples that demonstrate there is no communication at all. \u2026 As students from the High School for Law &#038; Public, we are discouraged and prohibited from standing up to faculty and expressing our opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply dismayed to see this unfold at a school that had been blossoming before this principal took over,\u201d they continue. \u201cHappiness, pleasure, and contentment have now become filled with tears of agony and sorrow. Many of \u2018our teachers and administrators\u2019 whom we truly valued, are now gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referring to their former principal and other former staffers, they conclude, \u201cIn our petition, we call for HSLPS to be brought back to the state it was under Mr. Politis\u2019 tenure, as well as to bring back Mr. Almonte, Ms. Carey, Ms. Emilio, and our former assistant principals under a different administration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at a high school in New York City have created a petition to target the principal, who has been accused in the past of targeting white staffers for firing. 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