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.

[chajin]

"If it were a suburban neighborhood, parents would be outraged."
No they wouldn't. They'd laugh.

They would assume it was a prank or a joke, because they would assume that the school administration was, at base, literate. The sad thing is that such a sign on an inner-city school is not assumed to be a prank or a joke, because an assumption of literacy cannot be made.

[Alex Murphy]

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[Sasparilla]

Looks like the sign was done by one of the skool’s stoodints.

[chajin]

Northwestern's School of Journalism misspells own name on diplomas

Wasn't there a year where the Midshipmen received degrees printed as "Navel Academy," or is that an urban legend?

[txrefugee]

Spelling is racis…..

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Any pictures of the principal?

[rfreedom4u]

I thought the word “public” would have been spelled without the “L”

[Dr. Ursus]

P. S. 20 holding pen!

[Vigilanteman]

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

What? And have her career ruined with a charge of racism and bigotry rather than a mere reassignment?

[Responsibility2nd]

‘Antoinette’ is all the picture you need.

[TurboZamboni]

Hooked in Phoenix.

[Delta Dawn]

huh...your post may have been racist, but I am still trying to figure out how...

[Responsibility2nd]

huh...your post may have been racist, but I am still trying to figure out how...

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I’ll make it easy for you. I’m a white male.

Automatically racist by birth.

[Bon mots]

Affirmative Action rears it’s head . . .

Found her on linkedin.
Obama daughter. You're right.

[Sans-Culotte]

While on the subject of spelling and grammar:

[Red Badger]

Usually the Janitor does the signs, where I went to school......

[Gator113]

LOL and shaking my head.

[Celtic Conservative]

I’m here to tell you it ain’t any better in the public sector. In some ways it’s worse, with civil service rules. The public agencies at some level actually seem to celebrate mediocrity as their raison d’etre.

Cc

[crusadersoldier]

Common Core ... close is good enough

[Osage Orange]

I'm in the public sector....I know what it's like. Ha!!

Thanks!!