Misspelled sign may have cost high school principal her job

yahoo.com ^ | December 18, 2014 | Dylan Stableford

[grundle]

A principal has been reassigned after a misspelled sign was displayed for more than a week outside a New Jersey public high school.

The message on the sign above the entryway to Paterson’s Public School Number 20 included three mistakes: December was spelled "Dicember," report as "reepor" and a "1" was placed backwards.

After the gaffe was picked up by several local news outlets, Antoinette Young, the school's principal, was reassigned as a vice principal at a different school.

[grundle]

The heading is somewhat misleading. She was not fired. Instead, she was demoted to vice principal, and transfered to a different school.

[GeronL]

lol

[rhubarbk]

Affirmative Action rears it’s head . . .

[Sarah Barracuda]

I thought Rachael Jentel didn’t know how to read cursive writing, turns out she doesn’t know how to print either

[Celtic Conservative]

Something tells me she was a screwup, and the school district was just waiting for a reason to demote her.

CC

[stephenjohnbanker]

principal.....................spell czech is yo fiend!”

[Responsibility2nd]

Did the principal actually letter that sign? Or was it Pedro the custodian making his $7.75 an hour?

Regardless - the principal had the duty to know it was wrong from the get go and should have told Pedro to do it again.

[TexasGator]

“She was not fired”

The headline did not say she was fired.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Did she...either place the signage or review and approve the signage?

If neither and the signage was placed under the authority of the day-janitor...why do we really care?

Oh...that’s right: unions and, well...

racists

[moovova]

The principle done shoulda ax me how ta spel dat.

[mmichaels1970]

“We can’t assume because it’s an urban district — inner-city — that things like this can be swept over," he told the CBS affiliate. "If it were a suburban neighborhood, parents would be outraged."

No they wouldn't. They'd laugh.

School officials told NJ.com that the lettering "was placed by a custodian and the sign was near an entrance not normally used by staff." It was later corrected.

I'm all for "the buck stops here", but a demotion because of a custodian's ineptitude at sign-spelling is a bit much. Did they fire the custodian? Wouldn't be surprised if the custodian had a learning disability.

The best course of action here, IMHO, would have been to laugh about it and "sentence" the principal to change the sign everyday herself. Maybe with a new spelling "word of the day" or something.

[Osage Orange]

Surprised “Public School Number Twenty” wasn’t spelled wrong...and nobody noticed.

[mmichaels1970]

Did the principal actually letter that sign? Or was it Pedro the custodian making his $7.75 an hour?

It was the custodian.

[Nifster]

public education is such a wonderful thing....no wonder all the DC politician’s send their children to the local public schools

[Osage Orange]

I’ve worked with total morons...in the private sector. And somehow they seem to survive. Maybe cuz...they have a BS...or a MS....but they still are total dolts.

[GeronL]

bump

[DaveA37]

Time for a competency test?

[DaveA37]

Time for a competency test?

[kaehurowing]

How many days was it before anyone noticed?

[Osage Orange]

Doesn't seem to matter....I've talked to a few new hires..and within 30 mins. or less...I know they can't do the job.

Yet management thinks they can...and won't listen.

Pretty much sick of it....since I work in a place..that lives are at stake..and matter.