Sign with misspellings leads to demotion of New Jersey school principal

Published January 08, 2015

A large sign outside a New Jersey elementary school that misspelled “December” appears to have cost the principal her $108,000 a year job.

The Bergen Record says the sign outside School 20 in Paterson also notified people of the date for “progress reepor” and contained a backward numeral 1.

City school board member Corey Teague circulated a photo of the error-filled signage and complained why nobody noticed for more than a week. December was spelled “Dicember.”

“If this is how the administration takes care of signage, how can we expect the students to do better? We must be held to a higher standard,” he wrote in an email accompanying the photo.

Days after Teague brought up the sign, education officials announced that the principal, Antoinette Young, was being demoted and transferred to another school.

The Record said Wednesday the school district wouldn’t say why Young was being demoted. The principal could not be reached for comment and the union representing city principals did not get back to the paper.

The school serves 465 students in grades kindergarten through eight.

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