Ding Dong: Dwarka Promotion may be relief to some at Bryant HS, But Augurs Poorly for the rest

OK folks -- time to start marking up those test scores. Relentless quest indeed. The return of the Bloomberg era with the Adams/Banks admin.

Monday, Aug. 29, 2022

Just two months ago, Georgia Lignou, a Bryant teacher and current UFT chapter leader, wrote a letter to Dwarka decrying pressure from administrators to promote students who skipped classes or did little or no work – and even some kids teachers had never even seen...“She was the one willing to do the dirty work,” said Sam Lazarus, a former teacher and UFT chapter leader. “It was not a happy place.”....NYP

Dwarka, with a $198,000 salary, will serve as deputy to Josephine Van-Ess, superintendent of the Queens South HS district, overseeing 29 schools. Bryant HS is in the Queens North district...NYP

Both Sam and Georgia ran with UFC in the recent UFT election. At least Bryant HS is out from under Dworka directly. But what kind of message does it send that someone who mistreats employees gets a big promotion? Many of us feel that the message is Bloomberg era threats by Adams and crew that anything goes, especially knowing that the UFT, as proven over the ten years of the Dwarka era, is fundamentally toothless.

The key issues have been pushing teachers to pass kids to keep stats up for school HS grads -- either they fall with a new admin that won't do the same or pressure will increase.

James Eterno has been on the Dwarka case for years.

DWARKA PROMOTION SENDS MESSAGE TO TEACHERS THAT THIS IS NOT A FRIENDLY DOE ADMINISTRATION

Sue Edelman got various kinds of reactions in her article on Bryant High School's not so teacher friendly Principal Namita Dwarka's promotion to Queens High School South Deputy Superindendent.... https://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/dwarka-promotion-sends-message-to.html

And Arthur Goldstein also

DOE Promotes Nelson (While We Watch) - https://nyceducator.com/2022/08/doe-promotes-nelson-while-we-watch.html

Just when you think things can't get any worse, Chancellor Banks, perhaps suffering from geranium in cranium syndrome, finds one of the very worst principals in NYC (that's saying something), and promotes her. That would be Namita Dwarka of Bryant High School. Dwarka has been repeatedly accused of grade-fraud, social promotion, and other Big Fun things that, if you were accused, you'd find yourself facing dismissal charges. 

For years Dwarka has lingered about, like a stench you just can't wash or spray away. I've gotten messages and emails, heard stories, but nothing seemed to happen. Now something has, and if you didn't think Mayor Eric Swagger was Bloomberg 2.0, let this be your wakeup call. He took six million dollars from the charter lobby, and you can consider Dwarka's promotion a small down payment on what he owes back. .... 

So I don't have much to add other than an acquaintance was a supervisor at Bryant under Dwarka and was horrified at the Sue Edelman story in the Post on the promotion. Instead of one school suffering we have the prospect of 19 Queens HS dealing with Dwarka.