Parents Demand Resignation of New York City School Principal Over 'Racist' Teacher Survey
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Parents of students at a New York City elementary school are demanding its principal resign over a questionnaire teachers had to fill out that's being called racist, FOX 5 TV has exclusively learned.
The form, obtained by FOX 5, reportedly asked teachers at East Harlem's PS 96 school to break down students' behavioral problems by race.
Dr. Claudia Moore-Hamilton, who became principal more than a year ago after serving as assistant principal, is black; more than 60 percent of the PS 96 study body is Hispanic, according to FOX 5.
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Officials from the Department of Education held an emergency meeting with parents Tuesday afternoon about the dispute — after which the DOE issued a statement saying in part that "the survey was inappropriate" and the matter was being investigated.
The principal issued a formal apology, according to the DOE.