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]]> By: davidshapiro http://nypress.com/remembering-long-time-principal/#comment-626 davidshapiro Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:52:57 +0000 http://westsidespirit.com/?p=3921#comment-626 Sidney Morison's tenure as Principal of P. S. 84 marked the decline and fall of a very well regarded public school from its years of academic excellence (prior to his arrival on the scene) to a period of stagnation, highlighted by plummeting reading test scores and a state of educational blight. Having taught there for a good number of years, both prior to Mr. Morison's arrival, and during his time as Principal, I can attest to the fact that P.S. 84's reputation as one of the finest schools in District 3 took a nosedive under his “leadership.” The school became a rudderless ship, foundering in the backwash of MIS-education! Mr. Morison abandoned any and all standards of discipline or sound educational practices in favor of a “do your own thing” philosophy, the result of which soon became apparent. Together with a small, but militant and highly vocal group of radical parents, Morison presided over the “death” of one of the West Side's best performing schools. If, in fact, there is to be any hope whatever, for the future of NYC Public Schools, then I pray that we are spared Principals who are the like of a Sidney Morison, who has been grievously characterized in the article as “education advocate” and “pioneering principal.” He was neither, and presided over a 26-year period, in which countless numbers of children were denied their right to an education; they were, instead, sacrificed on the altar of “radicalized educational philosophy,” as dictated by, among others, the so-called “education author,” Hannah Hess. It was she and her coterie who brought Sidney Morison to P.S. 84! He then presided over the school's slow descent into the educational abyss. To name the street where P. S. 84 stands after this nonentity would truly be adding insult to injury!

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