A principal has been reassigned after a misspelled sign was displayed for more than a week outside a New Jersey 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!"


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woraypiry.

Lolz

Olodo teacher, dont teach me nonsense!

The school's name is number twenty

number 20 ke

And I was campaigning for secondary school teachers to start using http:// in the classroom. How can they, when they can't spell?? .

jst in case

see the fine wall/door way of public sch, hm public sch fa. back to the issue was she not spelling it in french, see her first name naw

fr3do:
The school's name is number twenty

Those people can use anything as a name. If somebody can be answering to Wood, Stone...etc... y not 'Number Twenty' for a school?

You need to be demoted like the principal

LadyH:
woraypiry.

nerodenero:
You need to be demoted like the principal

hoekay.