Friday, January 31, 2014

Principal of John Bowne High fined for aide jaunts

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Bill Turnbull



John Bowne High School at 63-25 Main St. in Queens. The principal of the school has been fined for going on trips with his aide on his or her dime.




A troublemaking Queens principal was slapped with a $ 4,500 fine for taking jaunts overseas with his school aide on the assistant’s dime, the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board said Thursday.


The aide to Howard Kwait, 36, principal of John Bowne High School in Flushing, spent more than $ 11,000 for the getaways.


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The board didn’t reveal the aide’s name or gender.


The pair first went to Greece in 2011, and then to Italy, Greece, Turkey and Croatia in 2012.


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Kwait, the school’s principal since 2006, received a disciplinary letter in his file. He referred all questions for comment to the Education Department.


It’s not the first time Kwait, who makes $ 145,000 a year, has been disciplined. He received a letter in his file for stealing food from the cafeteria and cursing at employees, among other transgressions.


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He was also named in a 2012 lawsuit filed by the daughter of an Indian diplomat who was wrongly accused of cyberbullying her teacher at John Bowne.





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