Tuesday, September 18, 2012

NAACP wants to investigate number of women, African-Americans replaced in city schools - baltimoresun.com

NAACP wants to investigate number of women, African-Americans replaced in city schools - baltimoresun.com: The local chapter of Baltimore's NAACP has taken an interest in the recent tensions brewing between Baltimore city principals and city schools CEO Andres Alonso's administration, denouncing the recent moves concerning two principals whose school was cleared of cheating, and announcing that it wants to investigate the racial and gender makeup of principals who have been dismissed from the system.

The city's NAACP President Tessa Hill-Alston attended a picket protest held by the city's administrators union last week outside of city school headquarters. The union protested the school board's recent decision to dismiss Abbottston Elementary Assistant Principal Marcy Isaac for failing to follow testing protocols in 2010, and deny pay and placement for its Principal Angela Faltz until 2013.