A Rat-Infested "Shithole" - This Is New York City's Worst School

[PapaG]

So sad, yet not an unfamiliar story of corruption and incompetence in public schools.

http://nypost.com/2014/01/12/no-space-no-books-no-leader-no-clue-at-citys-worst-elementary/

Students at PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens, have gotten no math or reading and writing books for the rigorous Common Core curriculum, whistleblowers say. The 234 kids get no gym or art classes. Instead, they watch movies every day. “The kids have seen more movies than Siskel and Ebert,” a source said.

The school nurse has no office equipped with a sink, refrigerator or cot. The library is a mess: “Nothing’s in order,” said a source. “It’s a junk room.”

No substitutes are hired when a teacher is absent — students are divvied up among other classes. A classroom that includes learning-disabled kids doesn’t have the required special-ed co-teacher.

About 40 kindergartners have no room in the three-story brick building. They sit all day in dilapidated trailers that reek of “animal urine,” a parent said; rats and squirrels noisily scamper in the walls and ceiling.

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But five months into the school year, PS 106 classes still don’t have the books or teacher’s guides.

“They have no reading program, no math program,” a source said, adding Sills blames outside administrators for not sending materials. Teachers muddle through by printing out worksheets they find online, buying their own copy paper.

The DOE gave no explanation for the missing curricula but said it’s “working with the school to provide students with physical education.”


The principal — Marcella Sills, who joined PS 106 nine years ago — is a frequent no-show, sources say.

Sills did not come to school last Monday. On Tuesday, she showed up at 3:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, The Post found her at home in Westbury, LI, all day before emerging at 2:50 p.m. — school dismissal time. Wearing a fur coat, she took her BMW for a spin. She showed up at school Thursday, but not Friday.

When Sills, 48, does go to work, it’s rarely before 11 a.m. — and often hours later, say sources familiar with her schedule. “She strolls in whenever she wants,” one said.

The school hasn’t had a payroll secretary in years.

When [Marcella Sills] is out, an assistant principal is left in charge. Yet Sills, who gets a $128,207 salary, also pockets overtime pay — $2,900 for 83 hours in 2011, the latest available records show.

Staffers won’t speak up or even file a grievance with their union because Sills will retaliate, a source said. Parents wonder if higher-ups know what’s going on.

“Why don’t they get on them? I don’t understand that,” said Michael Moore, father of a second-grader.

Another father, Roland Legions, added. “They’re not doing right by the kids.”

One mom said she couldn’t get a meeting with Sills to discuss concerns. Another said Sills is “just not professional.” “She should be here,” the mom said. “How is she going to run the school if she’s not here?”


“This school is a complete shithole, but nobody in a position of power comes to investigate. No one cares,” a community member said.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Wow. It's absolutely sad and stunning that this is going on in our country. Time to focus on home instead of other countries. I can't imagine that children have to put up with such horrible conditions, both in environment and in their "role models".

But that will never happen.

 

[PapaG]

Wow. It's absolutely sad and stunning that this is going on in our country. Time to focus on home instead of other countries. I can't imagine that children have to put up with such horrible conditions, both in environment and in their "role models".

But that will never happen.

I was actually shocked reading that article. I did forget the link, though, and edited the OP to add it.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Cripes. She's like Cruella DeVille.

 

[jlprk]

I was actually shocked reading that article. I did forget the link, though, and edited the OP to add it.

You libtards are why we lose every war.

 

[MARIS61]

Michael Bloomberg's NY.

NO LARGE SODAS!

 

[PapaG]

Michael Bloomberg's NY.

NO LARGE SODAS!

Yep, but at least de Blasio banned horse-drawn carriages in Central Park as his first accomplishment! It's nice to have the last two mayors of the most important US city focus on such important things.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/horse-drawn-carriage-ban-bill-de-blasio_n_4532093.html