White spite: NYC principal ‘conspired to oust Caucasian teachers’

The faculty of a Washington Heights high school is rebelling against their principal, charging in a vote of no confidence that she has "Flagrantly but unsuccessfully attempted to divide our school by race."

Paula Lev, principal of the High School for Law and Public Service, is now under investigation by the city Department of Education for allegedly telling a faculty member she "Was going to get rid of all these white teachers that aren't doing anything for the kids of our community," a complaint states.

On the last day of school, Lev gave the faculty member a notice that he was "Placed in excess" - meaning no longer needed at the school - and should look for a job elsewhere in the DOE. "He blew the whistle on her and a week later he was excessed," a colleague said.

Lev wanted the faculty member to get a state education certification, the complaint states, so he would not have the same title as the targeted colleague, clearing the way for Lev to "Excess" the more senior staffer.

"As a school staff, we have lost confidence, creditability, trust, and most importantly we have lost hope in Ms. Lev as a principal at the High School for Law & Public Service."

On June 24, most of the school's nearly 50 faculty members met to consider four possible reasons to vote no confidence in Lev, including that she had 1) "Flagrantly but unsuccessfully attempted to divide our school community by race," and 2) "Disrespected, slandered, and/or arbitrarily gone after respected educators, to the detriment of our entire school community."

Lev was named interim acting principal of Law and Public Service, one of five schools in the George Washington Educational campus, in February 2020, shortly before the COVID-19 shutdown.

https://nypost.com/2021/07/10/washington-heights-school-staffers-have-no-confidence-in-principal-paula-lev-after-race-flap/