NYC schools chancellor sent son to elite private school known for educating Roosevelts

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Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels , who has a history of dismantling gifted and talented programs, sent his son to an elite Upper East Side private school. Samuels son, now 17, attended the posh Browning School on Park Avenue from 2014 to 2020, when tuition was $54,150 a year, journalist The chancellor’s son attended the prestigious all-boys academy from kindergarten through fifth grade.

He now attends a screened public high school in Manhattan, Edelman reported.Samuels, a father of three, would have sent his other children to private school had he not been gunning for the chancellor’s position, a Department of Education insider told Edelman. “He would have done the same for his younger ones, but has been planning to become chancellor for some time now,” the source said.Clogged toilets, charred laundry, sailors sleeping on the floor: Snafus sidelined $13B US aircraft carrier“He said it’s not the responsibility of middle-class black families to resolve school integration issues. It’s not their burden to improve those schools via socioeconomic integration. He can do what’s best for his own kids,” the source added. Samuels has never previously disclosed that his son attended the elite private school, which offers kindergarteners the opportunity to learn advanced concepts in a “Kinderfirst” program.and replacing them with the International Baccalaureate program, a high school curriculum that offers its own tests that could be used in place of the Regents, while he served as superintendent at Brooklyn’s District 13.“NYC public schools would be better run and do a better job educating if the people on their payroll sent their kids to them,” former Community Education Council President and Republican candidate for Manhattan District Attorney Maud Maron told The Post. Browning was founded in 1888 by educator John A. Browning for the purpose of instructing John D. Rockefeller and his brother Percy. Other famous alumni include Howard Dean and Jamie Dimon.Tiger Woods couldn't be bothered to shut door of his Florida home after shocking arrestBethenny Frankel and I both wear these ‘elite’ slip-on sneakers — and they’re under $52 right nowTaylor Frankie Paul heard ‘screaming’ before 2023 arrest, 911 call revealsStream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo

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