A disgraced city principal who was fired after one of his students drowned on a field trip has a new job as the leader of a troubled Bronx charter school. Click below to read the rest of the story.
Former Columbia Secondary School Principal Jose Maldonado-Rivera was put on probation after the tragic death of 12-year-old Nicole Suriel on an unguarded beach in June 2010.
He was fired five months later — and banned from work in city schools — when investigators caught him using his school employee mistress as a baby-sitter.
But none of this prevented Maldonado-Rivera from snagging a top job at the Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School in the Bronx.
Though publicly funded, charters are not held to city hiring rules, and Maldonado-Rivera said he deserves the gig.
“Just take a look at my résumé. It speaks for itself,†he told the Daily News. “There is no question about my competence.â€
City officials disagree. Maldonado-Rivera was at the helm of Columbia Secondary School when he allowed Suriel’s class to travel to a Long Island beach without permission from parents.
