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LI principals slam teacher evaluation plan

Originally published: November 2, 2011 6:07 PM
Updated: November 4, 2011 11:24 PM
By JO NAPOLITANO  jo.napolitano@newsday.com

Principals gather at Wheatley School in Old Westbury,

Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Principals gather at Wheatley School in Old Westbury, NY. L-R are Dr. Carol Burris, principal, South Side High School; Dr. Sean Feeney, principal, The Wheatley School; Sharon Fougner, principal, E.M. Baker Elementary; Dr. LaQuita Outlaw, principal, Bay Shore Middle School and Andrew Greene, principal, Candlewood Middle School. (Nov. 2, 2011)

More than 300 Long Island public school principals, from about two-thirds of the districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties have united against the state's evaluation system that links teacher ratings to student test scores, saying it is being rushed into place and is "seriously flawed."

On a new Long Island Principals website, the group Wednesday released an Open Letter of Concern signed by...

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