#NYC principals union votes ‘no confidence’ in de Blasio, Carranza

New York City’s school principals union has issued a vote of no confidence in Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, calling on them to abdicate control of schools to the state in a brutal rebuke over their handling of the system’s coronavirus comeback.

The heads of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators “declared a unanimous vote of ‘No Confidence’ for Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza due to their failure to lead New York City through the safe and successful reopening of schools,” the 6,400-member group wrote in a Sunday letter.

“CSA calls on Mayor de Blasio to cede mayoral control of the Department of Education for the remainder of this health crisis and for Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to seek the immediate intervention of the New York State Education Department,” the letter continued.

The effort to reopen schools amid the coronavirus has been hamstrung by half-measure steps and a shoddy return of remote learning.