Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir, who was removed as principal of Maspeth High School, will sit in an office that pays $187,043 annually until 2029.
“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.
The principal and his two assistant principals rewarded “a clique” of favored staffers and ex-fraternity brothers with overtime assignments, SCI reported. They threatened others to “fall in line” or get bad reviews that could jeopardize their jobs. Some teachers wereMaspeth made the DOE look good – its 99 percent graduation rate helped to land it a federal “Blue Ribbon Award” in 2018.
“Good teachers were driven out, children were robbed of their education. This was organized crime, in my estimation.”“It makes me lose faith in the education system,” he said. “Any teacher or administrator can do something dishonest or illegal to raise their ratings and get away with it. Just say, ‘They did it at Maspeth and nothing happened.’ That’s your get-out-of-jail-free card.”
DOE officials told Holden they didn’t believe their lawyers could win the termination. In some cases, teachers who still work for the city were reluctant to testify. Maspeth grads would have to testify that staffers helped them cheat or fixed their grades. Principal Kathleen Elvin was removed, but charges against her were tossed on a technicality. Instead of appealing, the DOE gave Elvin aRaises brought her salary to $184,104, plus health and fringe benefits, by the time she retired in 2019. She now collects a $106,058-a-year pension.
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