The principals union insisted that Hawkins be returned, a demand the DOE did not fight, sources said.... NY Post, Principal who mishandled child abuse claim returns to school.
Greta Hawkins, Principal of PS 90. Allegations: threatening to report the parents of misbehaving students to the Administration for Children's Services; ...Don't Tread on Educators
Tell me the last time you heard the UFT insisting a railroaded teacher be returned to the classroom. Either the union has just given up, knowing full well the DOE will fight it even if the incident is trivial. Now we know that principal Hawkins has also been a tyrant to teachers, yet has the UFT intervene and protest the kowtowing to the CSA?
Note this story on the UFT web site from 2012:
Brooklyn principal a 'bully' | United Federation of Teachers
That was due to the work of District Rep Judy Gerowitz, one of the few DRs whom I would vote for. But she is only middle management.
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United Federation of Teachers
Mar 8, 2012 - UFT District 21 Representative Judy Gerowitz (left) and Chapter Leader Vicky Giasemis outside PS 90, where Principal Greta Hawkins has ...
UFT leaders and the bosses at the principal union, the CSA, are old pals.
The UFT should lodge its own protest over the double standard.
Don't hold your breath. But you never know.
Some links to Hawkins stories.
Greta Hawkins, a Principal Trampled in the Rush to Vilify ...
www.nytimes.com/.../greta-hawkins-a-principal-tra...
The New York Times
Jun 15, 2012 - Greta Hawkins, principal of a Brooklyn elementary school, has been excoriated over replacing Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." in an ...
Greta Hawkins, PS 90K - Don't Tread on Educators
dtoe.org/greta-hawkins-ps-90k/
Greta Hawkins, Principal of PS 90. Allegations: threatening to report the parents of misbehaving students to the Administration for Children's Services; ...