Educator Claims Racism and Discrimination
Vol 11; No. 06
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March 19-31 2016
Face dismissal proceeding for sending ‘derogatory emails’ to staff members By Kimmy Blair Street Hype Reporter
“There are no Black male principal in D 79,” Green alleged, adding that the new “White” principal at the School of Cooperative Technical Education, Corey Prober, was elected in a secret manner in contradiction to the C-30 procedure prescribed by the Chancellor’s Regulation. Green complained to the SCI, the Office of Legal Counsel, and the Department of Education Equality Opportunity and Diversity Management, and said they have circled the wagons, dismissed his complaints, and justified the bigotry and nepotism that D 79, under the control of Dr. Tim Lisante, has long engaged in. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) validated Green’s complaint and is conducting its own investigation, warning that retaliation is prohibited.
longtime community educator and educational activist says he was abruptly pulled out of his classroom last week because of his penchant for speaking out about discriminatory practices and is being threatened with dismissal. Dr. Rupert Green, who is also a member of State Senator Comrie’s Educational Advisory Committee and a 15-year veteran New York City educator, said he was removed from the classroom at John Adams High School in Queens last Thursday and placed in a warehouse to face dismissal proceeding. In a press release to Street Hype Newspaper, Dr. Green claimed that his students in the Science Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program at John Adams has no teacher qualified to teach the program as a result of his absence from the school. His removal from the classroom came as a result of a Special Commissioner of Investigation (SCI) finding that Dr. Green “used the DOE email to send derogatory emails to staff members.” However, Dr. Green claimed that he has been sending emails for more 15 years to talk about educational matters, including actions that District 79 engages in to prevent Blacks, especially males, from becoming school administrators.
Dr. Rupert Green
educator, educational activist
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