Give Thanks That You Are Not A Teacher Working For These Principals.

I had downloaded all the high school snapshots in Queens and came up with the "dirty dozen" principals that have the lowest trust readings as nominated by their teaching staff.  This list is based upon the 2015-16 school year.  The 2014-15 ist can be found here.

The "dirty dozen" list is as follows:

School.............................................Trust

Queens Preparatory Academy............24%
William Cullen Bryant........................28%
MAST...............................................28%
East-West International....................42%
Gateway to Health Sciences..............45%
Flushing...........................................46%
Grover Cleveland..............................56%
Pathways to College Prep..................58%
Metropolitan.....................................60%
Rockaway Collegiate.........................60%
Queens Collegiate.............................62%
HS of Teaching..................................63%

The citywide average is 76%.

Who are these principals you ask?  Topping the list is Principal Tashon Haywood of QPA who saw an exodus of fourteen teachers fleeing her school at the end of the school year.  Read about her school Here. Next on the list is Namita Dwarka  of Bryant who single-handedly may be responsible for most of the senior teaching staff leaving the school over the last few years. Least we forget the infamous Jose Cruz, of MAST, ranked third who usually leads high schools in giving negative rating to his teachers. Fourth, is the one and only Ben Sherman who seem to have trouble retaining staff despite the wonderful student body and then there is Judy Henry who won her position in questionable circumstances, thanks to Superintendent Juan Mendez and has made the staff wish they never worked there.

Many of the schools listed above are two time losers as Chancellor Carmen Farina has protected these principals, despite the low opinion of them by their staff, year after year..

If you are a teacher then give thanks this Thanksgiving for being fortunate enough not to work in these schools with these  terrible principals.