Report: NYC ex-principal accused of fraud scores desk job worth $1.8 million from Department of Education

NEW YORK CITY, NY – According to a report from the New York Post, a former Queens principal investigated for fraud will get to keep a generous paycheck and benefits, amounting to a $1.8 million package over seven years.

Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir, former principal at Maspeth High School in Queens, was removed from his position as principal after the Special Commissioner of Investigation (SCI) for city schools investigated him for fraudulent activity.

The Post reports that the alleged fraud included the following:

• Students were enrolled in classes that existed on paper only
• The students “did not attend any classes or submit any work”
• The kids rarely met in classes for which they received multiple credits
• Administrators let troubled students graduate early “to get them out”
• Some teachers gave answers on Regents’ exams
• Teachers were pressured to fix grades or get bad reviews
• The principal and APs [Assistant Principals] collected undocumented or excessive OT.

In a settlement of his misconduct charges, Abdul-Mutakabbir was removed from his position as principal in July of 2021, and he was barred from returning in the position of principal at any city school.

can never again work with city students — but will get a $1.8 million desk job

Queens principal booted for fraud will get nice paycheck for 7 yearshttps://t.co/tW65o4bhAo

— duane poole @ Duanepoole (@duanepoole) April 17, 2022

The Department of Education took very little action against the ex-principal, fining him $12,000 and allowing him to continue working under the DOE in a office job.

The Post reports that not only was Abdul-Mutakabbir able to remain employed, but he also will continue to enjoy his lucrative salary of $187,043 annually.

In addition, he will enjoy union-negotiated pay raises for principals, as well as “paid vacations and holidays, plus full health and retirement benefits, which will cost at least $78,558 a year in addition.”

The Post calculates that the “total cost will come to more than $1.8 million” over the next seven years.

The ex-principal will continue with the office job “until he ‘irrevocably’ retires on Nov. 30, 2029.”

During the fraud investigation, Abdul-Mutakabbir was quoted in the Special Commissioner of Investigation report as telling one of his teachers:

“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.”

Next, the Post reported:

“Abdul-Mutakabbir told the teacher he would give the lagging student a diploma ‘not worth the paper on which it was printed’ and let him ‘have fun working at Taco Bell,’ the report says.

“The teacher ‘felt threatened and changed each student’s failing grade to a passing one.’”

Such procedures became known as the “Maspeth Minimum” among faculty and students, “because everyone, regardless of effort or performance, would pass and graduate.”

Maspeth High School even won a federal “Blue Ribbon Award” in 2018 due to its 99 percent graduation rate.

Abdul-Mutakabbir and his two assistant principals, Stefan Singh and Jesse Pachter, refused to answer questions during the SCI investigation, claiming the right to remain silent.  

The Post notes that although the investigation found the two assistant principals were quite involved in the commission of fraud, Singh and Pachter were allowed to remain in their positions and received only letters of reprimand.

City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), who was responsible for the launch of the investigation after meeting with whistleblower teachers, was “outraged” at the news of Abdul-Mutakabbir’s salaried position.

A principal in Queens, New York, who allegedly used fraud to help his school’s graduation numbers will reportedly remain on the payroll and receive a $1.8 million position. https://t.co/zrehoHHtGi

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 16, 2022

He told the Post that Abdul-Mutakabbir’s deal was “huge waste of taxpayer funds,”  adding:

“Nothing is more absurd in city government than rewarding dishonesty and cheating.”

Holden also stated:

“Here’s the message [the DOE] is sending: ‘If you clam up, if you cover up, you can keep your job and keep your paycheck.’”

He continued:

“Good teachers were driven out, children were robbed of their education. 

“This was organized crime, in my estimation.”

An unidentified former Maspeth High School teacher also told the Post:

“It makes me lose faith in the education system,”

He continued:

“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.”

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This isn’t education: First grade teacher tells students that doctors “guess” child’s gender at birth

Originally published April 16, 2022

The following contains editorial content which is the opinion of the writer. 

ROSLINDALE, MA- If anyone saw the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie “Kindergarten Cop,” you remember a scene in which one of the young whippersnappers instructs John Kimball, the character played by Schwarzenegger in basic human anatomy: “Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.”

Little did we know back then that gender isn’t a matter of anatomy or biology but instead is based on a “guess” by the doctor who delivers the child during childbirth.

At least that’s what a clearly misguided Boston-area teacher believes. Ray Skyler, who teaches first grade at Brooke Roslindale School in the suburb of Roslindale, claims. We would love to slam this woke take on gender “assignment” at birth as yet another example of public schools failing students, but in this case, Brooke Roslindale is a “charter” school.

According to Breitbart, Skyler, who shouldn’t be within 20 miles of first-graders, told his classroom that she is transgender, as if four and five-year old’s know what that is…or for that matter, if they should know what that is.

Skyler revealed her sexual identity to the children on an “Identity Share” Zoom call, which included kindergarteners, first graders and second graders. One must consider that if a stranger were telling young children about their sexual identity outside of a school setting, they would (and should) end up in handcuffs. In a 2022 classroom? Anything flies apparently.

Skyler was introduced by the school’s assistant principal, Sarah Hammond, who told the children in making the introduction for his “I am” statement:

“Remember: Your job during the Identity Share is to be listening really carefully so that you can learn something new about [Mr.] Skyler.”

“So something that’s really cool and unique about who I am is that I am transgender,” Skyler said. She is a female identifying as a male, in case you’re wondering. [emphasis added] “So when babies are born, the doctor looks at them and they make a guess about whether the baby is a boy or girl based on what they look like. [emphasis added] Most of the time that guess is 100% correct; there are no issues whatsoever, but sometimes the doctor is wrong; the doctor makes an incorrect guess.”

.@BrookeSchool 1st grade teacher records an “identity share” zoom call with K-2 grades where he spoke about being trans.

“When babies are born the dr looks & makes a guess on whether the baby is a boy or girl. Sometimes the dr is wrong. If they are right, the baby is cisgender” pic.twitter.com/qYGFm9B7rF

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) April 10, 2022

So, the doctor sees the baby come out with a penis and guesses it’s a boy? Sometimes the doctor is wrong? Funny, during the whole COVID thing, Americans were browbeaten to “follow the science” where the virus was concerned. Issues of basic biology, genetics, and anatomy? Pffft.

Oh, it goes on.

“When a doctor makes a correct guess, that’s when a person is called cisgender,” she continued. “When a doctor’s guess is wrong, that’s when they are transgender.”

“So I’m a man, but when I was a baby the doctors told my parents I was a girl,” Skyler told the students. “And so my parents gave me a name that girls typically have; the bought me clothes that girls typically wear, and until I was eighteen years old everyone thought I was a girl.

“And this was super, super uncomfortable for me because I knew that wasn’t right,” she continued. “So when I was eighteen, I told my family and my friends that I’m really a boy and it was like this huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders and I had the freedom to be who I truly am.”

Skyler called the situation “super-challenging,” however she said she is “super-proud to be transgender.”

As a point of information, a certain staff writer I know personally thought he was Superman when he was five years old. One step on a board with a nail sticking out of it to show how “super” he was and that five-year-old learned quickly he was not Superman. Children at that age are way too young to grasp anything remotely as confusing as this whole gender identity BS.

Over the past several years, we have seen a number of states across the country raise the juvenile age up to 17 because there was a claim that teenagers’ brains were not yet fully developed enough to differentiate between right and wrong. Yet people such as Skyler expect young children to understand “gender choice” and in some cases, believe children of that age can also “choose” what gender they wish to identify as.

Skyler also spoke out in Facebook posts about the recently passed Florida law, that prevent children from being groomed by sexual deviates, including being indoctrinated into the whole trans-ideology. Because children between the ages of five and nine should be learning how to read and right, not being brainwashed.

“Whenever there are bills introduced targeting trans youth, we always hear the argument that these laws are ‘protecting’ their peers and ‘preventing confusion.’”

Well, yes.

Skyler says she has had a number of “conversations with many young children…about what being transgender is, and never once have I been met with any fear or confusion. I’ve been the recipient of a group hug! Children just get it, it’s as simple as that.”

We honestly don’t even know where to start in addressing that last comment. However if a straight male started talking to children about their sexual exploits, they would have a nice 6×8 cell waiting for them. Instead, we’re expected to embrace these folks.

Hard pass.

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