Monday, April 18, 2022

Seven years of severance pay for shitty shady prinicipal

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NY Post 

A Queens principal accused of using fraudulent schemes to boost his school’s graduation rate can never again work with city students — but will get a $1.8 million desk job, The Post has learned.

Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir, who was removed as principal of Maspeth High School last July, won’t return to any city school as a principal, according to a settlement of misconduct charges. But he can stay on the Department of Education payroll for another seven years.

Under Abdul-Mutakabbir, Maspeth HS created fake classes, awarded credits to failing students, and fixed grades to push kids out the door, the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools found, confirming exposès by The Post.

Instead of trying to terminate Abdul-Mutakabbir, as city investigators recommended, the DOE settled the charges on Jan. 25 by fining him $12,000  – and barring him from working as a principal.But under the sweetheart deal – which DOE officials kept hidden for months – the disgraced educator, now age 47, will sit in an office until he “irrevocably” retires on Nov. 30, 2029.

He will pocket his current $187,043 annual salary, and get all union-negotiated pay raises for principals. He will also enjoy paid vacations and holidays, plus full health and retirement benefits, which will cost at least $78,558 a year in addition. The total cost will come to more than $1.8 million.

City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), who first called attention to Maspeth HS malfeasance after meeting with a group of whistleblower teachers three years ago, was outraged to learn of the golden parachute. 

 “Nothing is more absurd in city government than rewarding dishonesty and cheating,” Holden said, calling Abdul-Mutakabbir’s lucrative deal a huge waste of taxpayer funds.

Chancellor David Banks, who promised to cut waste and bureaucratic bloat when he took the DOE reins on Jan. 1, would not comment on Abdul-Mutakabbir’s case. 

“When I see evidence of egregious actions amongst a small number of individuals in our schools, we will move aggressively and expeditiously to remove those people from our schools and payroll permanently. We seek the best outcome for students and taxpayers,” he said in a statement.

Teachers told investigators that Abdul-Mutakabbir pressured teachers to pass students whether they learned anything or not, the SCI said in a report completed last June.

“I don’t care if a kid shows up at 7:44 and you dismiss at 7:45 — it’s your job to give that kid credit,” Abdul-Mutakabbir was quoted as telling a staffer. He said the school would give a lagging student a diploma “not worth the paper on which it was printed” and let him “have fun working at Taco Bell,” the report said.

 

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

He's getting paid better for failing than he was for succeeding.

Anonymous said...

This would never happen in corporate America.
Really, it wouldn't ......
Then again ...

Anonymous said...

What do you Expect in New York ? DeMoRats & Criminals are Making the Rules !

Anonymous said...

He is technically white by race....

Anonymous said...

I mean can you really blame them though? They ALWAYS have their way of "fixing grades" in the schools. When my daughter was in high school, she told me that one of her friends missed like 2 months of school and all he had to do was finish a packet within a week as makeup assignments and he got a passing grade. The school system in this entire country is corrupt and sad. And they need to start holding kids more accountable for their actions. But that will never happen with all the corruption and all the idiot protesting parents that say "you can't do that to my kid" and "thats racist, you can't hold my child back". This country is a sad one anymore.

Anonymous said...

#DEFUNDTHEUFT and home school your children or use private schools.
Join a Local Homeschooling Group and stop the Grooming !

Anonymous said...

To quote someone smart: They are not confessing, they are bragging.

Social Justice Warrior/Loyal Democrat said...

If you oppose 7 years of severance pay to this shady principal, you're an Islamophobe!

ron s said...

A disgrace. Should have been fired and blackballed from any job in education--or anywhere else. A teacher would be fired for taking chalk home.

ron s said...

A disgrace. Should have been fired and blackballed from any job in education--or anywhere else. A teacher would be fired for taking chalk home.

Anonymous said...

Redistribution of every worker’s wealth to give to the lazy and others being paid not to work seems Unconstitutional to Me.

Anonymous said...

Can we stop calling them "Government" and start calling them "fascistic overlords"? I feel like it fits at this point.

Anonymous said...

If his name was Smith or Jones he would be locked up and fired for sure. He has a middle name of Abdul so he is untouchable like the Teflon Don.
Isn't diversity wonderful?

georgetheatheist said...

Why does the plaque say Maspeth HS in Elmhurst?

Anonymous said...

Teflon Don ? Still have #TDS ?

Anonymous said...

CNN + said...
So, bashing almost your entire teaching/staff stadards as racist oppressors isn't working out for your all Blue DemOrat city. Who knew ?

Anonymous said...

Thankful for Gov. De Santis for leading our nation to protect kids from sexual predators.

Anonymous said...

This is why the NYS DeMoRat Party corruption matters, they get caught and get away with it.

Anonymous said...

Union

Anonymous said...

@"Thankful for Gov. De Santis for leading our nation to protect kids from sexual predators."

Well said. He's leading the fight against mathematics and stopping people saying words he thinks are bad. Whatta guy!
Maybe he should pass a new law. The De Santis "Don't say Goombah Guinea" law.

Prove me wrong ...

M. How said...

The major reason this corrupt former principal is getting the golden parachute is that HE KNOWS WHERE THE BONES ARE BURIED. The secrets are something so egregious about the top layer of Union management that it may destroy the Union management. This is self-preservation at the public's expense.

Anonymous said...

Good Point M.How !

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