This dad lacks principles!
A former assistant principal at a Manhattan high school got caught switching nearly a dozen of his son’s grades from failing to passing, authorities said.
Amazingly, the cheating role model remains on the city’s payroll despite the misconduct, according to school officials.
Abdurrahim Ali, who has worked at Bread and Roses Integrated Arts HS in Harlem since September 2005, admitted to changing 11 of his son’s test scores and course grades between June 22, 2012, and Jan. 14, 2013.
City investigators found that Ali used his administrator ID and password to log on to his school’s student-grading program and alter his son’s records.
The teen attended the school from 2009 to 2013.
“Despite a Bread and Roses policy requiring that grade-change requestors fill out and sign handwritten grade-change forms for all grade changes, I did not fill out any such forms for the changes I made to my son’s grades,” he said, according to his disposition.
Ali admitted to using his city position to benefit his son, someone with whom he has “associated,” which violates the city conflicts-of-interest law.
He agreed to pay a $7,000 fine to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board and has since left his job where his annual salary was $104,437.
Ali is currently not assigned to a school but remains on the Department of Education payroll, the agency said.
It was unclear Wednesday whether Ali’s son was able to use the bogus grades to get accepted at a college or land a job.
Education-reform advocates were stunned.
“If an adult in the system has acted unethically and is not removed, what kind of message does that send to students?” said StudentsFirstNY executive director Jenny Sedlis. “New York’s tenure laws clearly need a thorough review.”
Schools spokesman Devora Kay said Ali “abused his position and has been disciplined . . .
“The DOE is committed to swiftly addressing any improper behavior . . . to ensure that we are delivering a high-quality education to all our students,” she said.
Bread and Roses principal Rodney Lofton declined to comment.