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Principal's Virus Death Sparks Notification Call

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 3/30/20

The death of a 36-year-old Principal of a Brownsville, Brooklyn high school from coronavirus complications brought to light concerns about the Department of Education's policy not to inform school communities of individual cases of the virus.

The department confirmed March 23 that Brooklyn Democracy Academy Principal Dez-Ann Romain died five days after being hospitalized for pneumonia. She was last in the building March 12, five days before the DOE informed school employees and others of her passing.

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