A New Jersey elementary school principal was demoted after misspellings appeared on a very obvious sign outside the school.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear who placed the letters on a sign high above an entrance to Paterson’s Public School Number 20. But Antoinette Young is no longer principal.<\/p>\n
The sign has the word “reports” misspelled as “reepor” and “December” misspelled as “Dicember.” The number “1” also appears backwards.<\/p>\n
The sign- misspellings and all- was up for over a week before Paterson Board of Education member Corey Teague noticed and posted a picture of it on Facebook, CBS New Yorkreported Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“How can we expect our children to learn how to spell when the administration can’t?”wrote Teague.<\/p>\n
Scores of outraged parents also expressed their frustration over the spelling fail.<\/p>\n
“This is unacceptable. And these are the people we trust to educate our children? My 2nd grader knows how to spell DECEMBER AND REPORT,” Terry James wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
Teague said he only wanted to make sure a sign like that never appears in the district again, pointing out that just because they are an inner-city district, incidents like this should not be swept under the rug.<\/p>\n
But after his outcry, principal Young was reassigned as vice principal to another school, CBS New York reported. The district did not specify the reason for the reassignment.<\/p>\n
One parent, however, doesn’t think Young deserved to be reassigned.<\/p>\n
“They don’t talk about all the good things she’s done with the kids,” Linda Martinez told the station. “We’re sad to see her go.”<\/p>\n
The former principle was already being reviewed for unrelated performance issues,NorthJersey.com reported. The news outlet was unable to reach Young for comment.<\/p>\n
Paterson education officials said a custodian arranged the letters on the sign and that it was placed above an entrance rarely used by staff members including Young.<\/p>\n
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