Meesha Ross Porter is making history as Chancellor of New York City’s first-ever black schools – but her selection comes despite a track record that includes self-congratulatory ceremonies and accusations of partiality.
Before he was named as the Caesar of New Schools after the sudden resignation of Richard Carranza on Friday, Porter made headlines in 2019 for giving himself a lavish $ 45,000 birthday blow, which led the Bronx executive superintendent to his Promotions celebrated.
$ 111 per person, buffet in a 400-guest affair, DJ and open bar at Villa Baron Manor in the Bronx. Porter showed up in a shiny white frock and tiara to the bash and made a grand entrance into the ballroom in a glass lift – a special touch that cost $ 500 extra.
Porter’s self-love was also on full display on Friday, as he was officially tapped as a replacement for Kairana at a press conference.
“So, I’m going to take my Chancellor’s advice and I’m going to do it, like he said,” she said in response to a question about bringing mental health treatment to schools.
The newly formed chancellor was the focus of a lawsuit filed last week by Bronx teacher Rafaella Espinal, who claims she was repeatedly raped for refusing to mimic the “Wakanda Forever” salute seen in the film “Black Panther” Was.
Porter often asked his teachers to gesture with hand gestures – a symbol of Kali solidarity – and to document on the post His twitter.
The Post also reported that in 2017, Ross pulled the strings to get a Pal’s child he was caring for at a commuter school, a miscellaneous school.
At the time, the then Bronx Executive Superintendent was living in District 8 and was ready for 90 percent of Hispanic Mott Hall Community School.
In return the child earned a seat in MS X101 – which provides advanced classes for gifted children and had the makeup of 67 percent of Hispanic and Black and 15 percent of white students.
“She was ushered in by the higher ups. They knew who she was,” a DOE insider said of the student at the time, who received special treatment.
Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Ross has dedicated his life to education, most recently serving as executive superintendent of the Bronx, one of nine positions held by Caranasz, and community school districts. The supervision includes 361 schools and 23,448 students in 7-12, city officials said.
He also served as the principal of the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, which he helped create, and spent three years as the superintendent of the 11-year-old district, which serves as part of the Bronx’s Pelham Parkway, Eastchester and Woodhaven sections. Were spread over.
In 2007, the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, a middle school, received an F in the Department of Education rating during Porter’s fourth year.
At a press conference on Friday, Ross, who officials created a furore last year for $ 209,406, said reopening the city’s high schools and preparing a plan to get students back to classrooms is paramount for his tenure in September.
“Bronx, well you know me,” he said. “I have dedicated my life to serving the Bronx. I have devoted my life to educating in the Bronx. “
He said, “It is my duty and responsibility that I have done all my life to move forward with myself and bow down to see every student and create opportunities for them.”
Porter pledged to take the initiative to make Big Apple’s schools more diverse.
“The reality is isolation and I’m not really getting away from the importance of looking at inequalities around admissions processes and really moving forward to the ways that we can create opportunities and access for all students in New York City, ” He said.
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