The tendency at the Department of Education to either bury bad news or obscure the problem to avoid criticism has been on full display in two different forums recently. What is particularly notable is that in one of those situations, the problem originated during Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as Mayor, but the DOE under both of Mayor de Blasio’s Chancellors inexplicably refused to remedy the situation until forced to by a judge’s order late last year.
That case involved an outspoken Teacher named Francesco Portelos, who eight years ago while a United Federation of Teachers chapter leader accused the Principal where he was then teaching, I.S. 49 in Staten Island, of misusing school funds.
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