Posted on 04/16/2022 11:25:18 AM PDT by lowbridge
A Queens principal accused of using fraudulent schemes to boost his school’s graduation rate can never again work with city students — but will get a $1.8 million desk job, The Post has learned.
Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir, who was removed as principal of Maspeth High School last July, won’t return to any city school as a principal, according to a settlement of misconduct charges. But he can stay on the Department of Education payroll for another seven years.
Under Abdul-Mutakabbir, Maspeth HS created fake classes, awarded credits to failing students, and fixed grades to push kids out the door, the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools found, confirming exposès by The Post.
Instead of trying to terminate Abdul-Mutakabbir, as city investigators recommended, the DOE settled the charges on Jan. 25 by fining him $12,000 – and barring him from working as a principal.
But under the sweetheart deal – which DOE officials kept hidden for months – the disgraced educator, now age 47, will sit in an office until he “irrevocably” retires on Nov. 30, 2029.
He will pocket his current $187,043 annual salary, and get all union-negotiated pay raises for principals. He will also enjoy paid vacations and holidays, plus full health and retirement benefits, which will cost at least $78,558 a year in addition. The total cost will come to more than $1.8 million.
City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), who first called attention to Maspeth HS malfeasance after meeting with a group of whistleblower teachers three years ago, was outraged to learn of the golden parachute.
“Nothing is more absurd in city government than rewarding dishonesty and cheating,” Holden said, calling Abdul-Mutakabbir’s lucrative deal a huge waste of taxpayer funds.
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Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir
The irs nearly crucified my dad over less than 40k in taxes when he got sloppy on record keeping and wound up taking several hundred thousand in penalties
Prevented me from getting grants and student loans and set us back a generation in building wealth but this kind of shit happens
Good reminder why I don’t give a shit about the law—I do what I know is right and balance the risks of getting caught and penalties against the reward
The proverb ‘crime doesn’t pay’ is an example of a Victorian saying
that was meant to encourage morality and work.
It was something that, for the smooth working of society,
the authorities would like the populace to believe
rather than a time-tested encapsulation of human wisdom.
The saying isn’t especially old; the earliest finding in print
is in the 1860 edition of the UK Law Magazine & Law Review:
“...In these hours of solitude he is led,
perhaps for the first time in his life,
to wholesome reflection.
His earliest thought will probably be
that crime does not pay...”
School system needs a new lawyer.
Maybe the School System lawyer was on the take from Abdul.............They do that all the time.....
What the heck? He gets fired, but still gets paid for the next 7 years? He still gets a comfortable six figure income for 7 years??? That’s his punishment????
Throwing money at every situation.
Obviously the perp was not going to go down alone or quietly... hence board says “ make the deal”
Obviously the perp was not going to go down alone or quietly... hence board says “ make the deal”
The people in the Queens area who elected the kind of corrupt government officials they did should regard as being deserved any natural calamity that occurs there.
well ya.. I mean it’s not like his retirement that would be for life ya know.
It used to be “Do the crime do the time”, now it’s “Do the crime, cash in”.
What's the big deal? This is SOP for all inner city Democrat stronghold schools. The average GPA in that one Baltimore HS was something like 0.15.
I agree with you and feel your pain. I have always tried to do what was right but with stories like these I will take steps to avoid giving my hard earned money away to these thieves.
Just as the Romans learned, too late, the Huns are within the gates...
Just like the Roman citizens, the Aamerican sheeple do not care... Maintaining their heads up their asses is their only concern...
Americans have learned, through 5-decades of government-school communist indoctrination, the essential lesson to get along:
Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...
It’s good to be an approved victim. All that systemic racism keeping this poor bruthuh down...
I guarantee most, if not all, of that school’s administration is on the hustle in one way or another.
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