Principal ‘fixes’ failing grades behind teachers’ backs: staff

The New York Post reports:

The principal of DeWitt Clinton HS, a struggling Bronx school in Mayor de Blasio’s multimillion-dollar Renewal program, changed students’ failing grades to passing without teachers’ knowledge or consent, insiders told The Post.

In one case, Santiago Taveras gave a senior who received a “no show” in a global-history class a 75 and changed her failing 55 grade in gym to a minimum passing 65, records show. She then got a credit for each class, which she didn’t deserve, several staffers charged.


“He thinks he’s God and can do whatever he wants,” one said.

Government schools as a mail and wire fraud scheme.