Staffers flee Coney Island school where 'toxic' principal nixed a patriotic song

nypost.com ^ | August. 19, 2012 | SUSAN EDELMAN

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[GladesGuru]

Affirmative Action - it is an ugly thing.

[al baby]

One thing lower than an HOA president is a school principle

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Want to read what it's like inside PS90? Look at the reviews of Principal Edna Hawkins. Other than a couple of reviews by relatives or major butt-kissers, she must be the most poorly rated principal in the history of public education.

[BerryDingle]

FLAG DRAG: Teachers — half of whom seen here reportedly are no longer at the Edna Cohen School — dress in red, white and blue at PS 90 during the June uproar when principal Greta Hawkins (above) forbade the singing of “God Bless the USA.”

[kcvl]

[Truth29]

Could be a microcosm of an Obama second term.

[Texas Fossil]

The hostility goes back to a June 2010 staff meeting, where Hawkins reportedly announced: “I’m black. Your previous principal was white and Jewish. More of us are coming.”

More of Obama's "people" (Leftists) feeling empowered by his presence. Wonder how they will feel after November?

[struggle]

I had the same exact thing happen. We had a assistant principal come in to an absolutely poverty-stricken school with a lot of good educators and completely destroy the atmosphere there. It really only takes one person with authority to ruin everything.

[expat1000]

"This is a racist building,” Hawkins said at the meeting, according to teachers who took notes.

“You’re all used to white, Jewish principals who only hired whites. The school culture is going to change.”

Hawkins then vowed to hire more black teachers, according to teachers who were at the meeting.
“Many more [black teachers] are coming, but I will hire one white person,” Hawkins said, according to the teachers.

“People’s mouths dropped open,” said one teacher. “Everyone looked shocked at what they just heard.”

Staffers said racial tensions at the school are minimal, and Hawkins never mentioned the issue of race in any previous meetings.

“Race doesn’t matter here,” said another teacher who wouldn’t give her name. “That’s the baffling thing about it.”

A dozen teachers and two paraprofessionals who were at the meeting filed complaints with the Department of Education’s Office of Equal Opportunity in June.

[RightOnline]

Bitch should be scrubbing toilets in Manhattan.

[Old Sarge]

Black.
Female.
Leftist.

Is anyone here surprised?

[RetiredTexasVet]

Well, as long as they are not drinking sugary soft drinks larger than 20 oz. things should turn out alright.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

That job would be way above her pay grade.

[upchuck]

Wooda been quicker and cheaper to transfer the “principal” someplace where she couldn’t cause trouble. A dead end job.

[SaraJohnson]

The anti-white black racist doctrines that justify reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action) are ugly. Hate and envy is no way to be.

[rockrr]

What a drag for the kids held hostage to this leftest lunacy.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Free ThinkerNY.

• Atlanta Symphony demands DIVERSITY!
• HS Choirs Banned From Singing Because They Are Too White

[ShasheMac]

Always remember, the principal is our pal. :)