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Comment on Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy – Do Not Apply by JOHN KOWAL

JOHN KOWAL — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:33:19 +0000

One school that all of you need to stay away from is the Academy of Language and Technology located on 176 St. and Macoombs Rd. off of University Avenue. The school was founded and still headed by Ms. Arisleyda Urena. The atmosphere in that organization is bleak, not very uplifting and you will get screwed with a U-rating. She uses an AP by the name of Jose Vinales as an intimidator and her other lackeys are her eyes and ears.

Comment on Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy – Do Not Apply by JOHN KOWAL

JOHN KOWAL — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:49 +0000

I can’t say much for Ms. Laboy because I worked at her school for only 5 weeks as an ATR and my interactions with Ms. Laboy were positive and non-confrontational. I had nice relations with Ms. DelValle, one of the Assistant Principals and I hope she does not have a stained reputation beyond my personal perception of what I had seen of her. The rest of the staff at GILPP were good people to work with.

Comment on Why the Courage of Dr. Virginia Barden Matters by Ronnie Cohen

Ronnie Cohen — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:57 +0000

How can such disgraceful and flagrant abuse of power be allowed to continue in our educational system? Those who do not step up to prevent such tyranny bear responsibility for enabling it to continue. Shame on those who reign by perpetuating a climate of intimidation and fear.

Comment on Animal variables by Kathleen Wolf

Kathleen Wolf — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:47 +0000

This is just so awesomely creative! Your students are very lucky!

Comment on Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy – Do Not Apply by Zulma Villalba, retired math teacher and former chapter leader

Zulma Villalba, retired math teacher and former chapter leader — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:41:55 +0000

As a former chapter leader and the math teacher of the school, unionism doesn’t stop when you retire. So today I went to my former school, Felisa Rincon de Gautier, to support the new chapter leader’s first chapter meeting and to provide information to the members from Friday’s, 5/17, district 8 chapter leaders meeting since the principal of the school did not allow the new chapter to attend.

While at the front desk, I had already signed in, talking to the agents and some of my former students, the head dean of the school told me to step into the vestibule and informed me that I AM NOT ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING AS PER THE PRINCIPAL’S DIRECTIVE.

I did not and have never behaved in an egregious manner while I was a teacher at that school, but today this principal treated me today an intruder. It seems that helping a fellow colleague, a union brother must bother her to the point that she had to send someone else to give me the message that she was too much of a coward to tell me in person.

Shame on her!

Comment on Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy – Do Not Apply by PLEASE DON'T GO TO GILPP!

PLEASE DON'T GO TO GILPP! — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:06:18 +0000

This school is 100% disgustingly, horrifically, tragically the worst school ever! This school is known for cheating students out of a good education, and a horrendous administration. This school is poisonous! LITERALLY! About 4 years ago Ms. Grismaldy Laboy-Wilson told a new teacher to sell 3 year old chocolate to the students of Felisa Rincon!!!! She planned on selling spoiled chocolate in hopes of gaining money for her tragically in debt, failing school. Ms. Laboy also has fired INNOCENT teachers who rose and inquired about her questionable acts. This school also neglects there special education students. My cousin attended Felisa Rincon (whom was a senior at the time) and went to take his regents and Felisa Rincon “forgot” to give him a special education regents exam therefore causing him to fail because the exam he took was way too advanced his learning capacity. So what did Felisa Rincon do? They wanted to retain him! My cousin was unable to walk down the aisle with his fellow classmates and forced to take over his regents exam over the Summer to avoid retention. Ms. Laboy also is a chronic and pathological liar, she has FORCED her staff on numerous accounts to lie and take the law into there own hands! This school is a complete disgrace to mankind! I had a fellow classmate who was enrolled in a math help class and went to the class everyday without ceasing, but some how had 12 absences and failed the class. How can this be? Because she was enrolled in the class but was not on the teachers roster, she was on another teachers roster and was deemed a cutter for Felisa Rincon’s careless mistakes. Felisa Rincon leaves there graduates with a sense of absolute relief that they are finally out of an apocalyptic atmosphere. Furthermore, please NEVER attend Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy unless you want to end up a low life!

Comment on Teacher Pay Links by http://versicherungs-wiki.de/index.php/Benutzer:FGHLionel

http://versicherungs-wiki.de/index.php/Benutzer:FGHLionel — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:36 +0000

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Comment on New UFT / NYC DoE Teacher Pay Scale / Salary Charts by chanel 2013

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Comment on Van Cortlandt Park South by Anthony E. Rutkowski

Anthony E. Rutkowski — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:34 +0000

How can I get a photo of the once beautiful fountain and surrounding flowers that once graced the area near the Van Cortlandt Mansion in the 1940′s

Comment on Integrated Algebra, wtf? by mathmom

mathmom — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:29:07 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I’m not in NY, but I have an 8th grade student who will be going to HS in NY and she has to take it in order to move on to Geometry for next year. Our class aligns reasonably well with the sample exams we’ve looked at, but obviously I haven’t been teaching to the test, and among other things, she’s never laid hands on a graphing calculator. But she should be able to get 35 raw points with her eyes shut, so that’s reassuring.

Comment on Integrated Algebra, wtf? by KMTMB

KMTMB — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:16:46 +0000

Yes. The part that changes is how many points out of the 87 total points will determine 65. In recent years it has been 30,31 and 32. if my memory serves me.

Comment on Integrated Algebra, wtf? by mathmom

mathmom — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:27:18 +0000

Is the passing score for the Integrated Algebra regents still 65?

Comment on New UFT / NYC DoE Teacher Pay Scale / Salary Charts by Arjun Kanuri

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Comment on Why the Courage of Dr. Virginia Barden Matters by diane gallagher

diane gallagher — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:39 +0000

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Comment on Shaking up traditional geometry by Math Teachers at Play #62 | Let's Play Math!

Math Teachers at Play #62 | Let's Play Math! — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:16:34 +0000

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