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Just because we dont work there anymore, doesnt mean we dont care anymore about what happens. Unlike Jospeh, we are concerned about the students! Our concern for education for children in this city, doesnt stop just because we have moved on to more effective schools.

Hello parents and current and former teachers,

I used to work at ENYP. I absolutely loved teaching the children, and communicating with the parents. ENYP has a large African parents who value education and want to make a better life for their children in America. GO PARENTS!

However, many of the parents are very unaware of the things that are going on at ENYP. Also, many parents are aware of these problems too. They took their children out of school.
The school enrollment has gone down from last year.

ENYP Problems:
1. Ms. Evil Joseph was not allowed to add a kindergarten this year because she was on probation from the NY State.

2. MS. Evil Joseph lied and told the parents there will be no kindergarten because of no school space. A LIE LIE LIE ….

3.Ms. Evil Joseph hired and fired teachers like there is no tomorrow. There were even teachers who went to lunch and never came back because they hated the school so much.

4. I worked there for one year and we went through 4 principals. I guess she is not great at hiring people or is the school that horrible?

5. She fired the Special Education teacher. Many of the students did not receive services, such as speech, special edu. or counseling. The school for at least a year did not have a counselor.

6. There no computers for the students. They receive no computer instructions. She fired the computer teacher and as result the children had no computers.

7. In my class , 100% of students (literally) were reading below grade level. Since some parents and Evil Joseph claim ENYP is the best school, how could that be possible? All of the children received no reading remediation. Children will perform poorly if they have four or five teacher in one year.

8. I was hired the second month of school and the students had gonna through 3 teachers in a two month span. I was their fourth one. Can the teachers be that horrible? JOSEPH IS HORRIBLE.

9. Evil Joseph never showed up at school on time. She always claimed to have meetings. She was never there to greet the children.

10. Many times she refused to see the angry parents and she was so good of manipulating them.

11. This year Evil Joseph has hired 95% brand new teachers, and the sad part is that 95% of them have no teaching degrees, but just a college degree. (Sorry teachers, nothing against you)

12. Also, Evil Joseph claims, that she grew up in the projects and that is why she has opened a school in ENYP. This is truly a lie. She grew up in Long Island, in at least middle class neighborhood.

13. Dont have time to list all them, but I will next time.

- They’re not even pretending to be objective. Litterally the only thing that would seem to sate the opponents of the school is to see the school closed. They don’t seem terribly interested in objectivity, even handedness, facts, or illuminating misconceptions. Nor do they want to entertain or tollerate other equally (if not more) valid opinions or points of view. According to them, anything that conflicts with their pre-determined narrative must be coming from someone who is naive, ignorant, stupid.

I don’t have a stake in this one way or the other and what happens will not ultimately impact me. I do not live in East New York or Brownsville and I am not a parent. But as someone looking in from the outside, and also as a journalist, I am appalled and ashamed (and a little shocked) by the arrogant, paternalistic and condesending approach being utilized by those who are seem hell bent on seeing this school be closed down.

Dear Parents Keep it Real and Concerned Parent,

It is very sad, that you believe that children are doing well. My students did improve for the short time, I was there. Maybe the teacher, that your child has was not honest with your child’s progress. I only worked there for 3 months because the school was so terrible, and I could not waste my teaching passion in a school like ENYP. The children are amazing and so are the parents.

If I were you, I would honestly open my eyes and truly see what type of education your child is receiving. Please, please for your child’s sake.

Take care parents,

And another thing when my child perfers do math in her head & not on paper and barely wants to count on her fingers in the second grade you or one else can’t tell me she’s not learning!!! Thank you for your 3mths at ENYP now be gone!!!!