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NYC Public School Parents: More on Anthony Rotunno and the culture of "empowerment" at DOE

NYC Public School Parents: More on Anthony Rotunno and the culture of "empowerment" at DOE

More on Anthony Rotunno and the culture of "empowerment" at DOE

See the comment below our previous posting, from a student at Pleasantville high school in Westchester; where Anthony Rotunno was recently hired to be principal.


As reported yesterday in the Daily News, Rotunno was the subject of a scathing new audit from the NY State Comptroller's office, accusing him of allowing his staff to raid thousands of dollars of funds from student bake sales and more when he was principal of JFK HS in the Bronx. More on this in today's Daily News:


Pleasantville School District officials said it wasn't until they saw the Daily News' front-page