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Assistant Principal Caught Changing His Son's Failing Grades 11 Times
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
Published Aug 27, 2014
Modified Aug 27, 2014
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A Manhattan principal has been fined $7,000 by the city's Conflict of Interest Board after he secretly changed his son's failing grade... eleven times.
Abdurrahim Ali, who was an assistant principal at the Bread and Roses Integrated Arts High School in Manhattan, formally admitted this week "used my Bread and Roses administrator identification and password to login to the Bread and Roses student grading system and changed eleven of my son's exams and course grades from failing to passing scores." Ali's son was a student at Bread and Roses from 2009 to 2013.
Ali admits in the disposition that he knowingly violated city policy and did not follow the correct procedure in requesting grade changes. The correct procedure would include filling out written forms and talking to the student's teachers, and not just changing your son's grade to passing without anyone's knowledge. Ali has worked at the Department of Education since 1989.
You can read the full disposition below:
COIB Press Release & Disposition (DOE)
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
Max Rivlin-Nadler has been a contributor to Gothamist since 2013. He has also reported for the New York Times, NPR, and The Intercept. His years-long investigation into New York City's arcane civil forfeiture laws led to a series of reforms which altered a practice that had been taking millions from poor communities for decades. Recently, he brought back a surfing habit from a few years on the west coast, and would love to see you all out in the Rockaways.
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