Here in Tejas all the school signs are in Spanish.

So, no one knows if they are misspelled or not, even the Mexicans.

Misspelled sign may have cost high school principal her job.



A principal has been reassigned after a misspelled sign was displayed for more than a week outside a New Jersey public high school.

The message on the sign above the entryway to Paterson’s Public School Number 20 included three mistakes: December was spelled "Dicember," report as "reepor" and a "1" was placed backwards.

The errors drew the ire of school Paterson Board of Education member Corey Teague, who saw a photo of the misspelled sign on Facebook.

“At first I didn’t believe it," Teague told CBS New York. "I thought it was Photoshopped or something."

When Teague found out it was real, he shared the photo on Facebook.

"How can we expect our children to learn how to spell when the administration can't?" Teague wrote. "We must be held to a higher standard.”

“We can’t assume because it’s an urban district — inner-city — that things like this can be swept over," he told the CBS affiliate. "If it were a suburban neighborhood, parents would be outraged."

School officials told NJ.com that the lettering "was placed by a custodian and the sign was near an entrance not normally used by staff." It was later corrected.

After the gaffe was picked up by several local news outlets, Antoinette Young, the school's principal, was reassigned as a vice principal at a different school.

The school district did not disclose the reason for her demotion, but according to NorthJersey.com, Young was already under review for unrelated performance issues.

Not everyone agreed with the reassignment.

“They don’t talk about all the good things she’s done with the kids," Linda Martinez told CBS New York. "We’re sad to see her go."

Young did not return an email seeking comment. She is still listed as principal on the school's website.

Her name is listed under the school's motto: "Proper Planning Promotes Success; Failure Is Not An Option!"

Gone, no articles say she has been demoted to vice principle with no mention of that $108,000 salary with which she started the school year being reduced.

Now why would anyone want to work for the private sector when it seems indoctrinating all the little village idiots pays so well. And to imagine with 465 students this school in all probability has a $3 million budget for salaries or $3.6 million with overhead. A direct cost of about $7742 per student just for salaries.

And somehow the crime is a misspelled sign!!!!

There was no one to do a proof check on that?
Those are very simple words for a school principal to not know .....how did she get the job? Slept her way up the ladder ?

And demoting her and sending her to a different school will solve the problem how?

Keeps the Unions from getting their panties in a twist.

Assign the custodian a tutor.

Oh what a bunch of bill! If this is true though, I'll send them am email and tell them that for a very all fee, I will send them the correct spelling to any sig they may post in English or in Spanish!!!! Lol

Not with spelling like that you won't.

Right. Bull not bill ! An not am! Sign not sig. I need to proofread! Maybe that proves mistakes often happen! Lol

Get those fingers loosened up girl!

I'm certainly not defending the misspelling of the sign, it was done by a janitor and should have been discovered and fixed shortly after it went up... not excuse for that.. none.

Paterson is a few miles north of me.. a tough city.. they do a good job just keeping the kids in school and off the street and hopefully on the right track. And they deserve a lot of credit for that.

I have seen mis-spelled signs in schools on the news many times before and not in "inner city" schools.

It happened.. was embarrassing to the school system.. and I am sure corrective measures taken and reprimands done.

but like I said.. if that is the worst that happens in Paterson's school system.. then they have all succeeded in their overall mission.. to keep these kids in school... and help give them a fighting chance