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There were hopeful signs last week that reality might slowly be
dawning on the tony Trinity School on the Upper West Side, when
the board of trustees issued a statement subtly repudiating the
headmaster’s clueless handling of the racist “Dexter” scandal.
In a statement to parents, David Perez, president of the board
of trustees, did what headmaster John Allman failed to do the
previous week when a senior teacher was caught on video saying
that “we just need some vigilante Dexter” to get rid of the
“horrible … white boys” at the school.
Since Dexter is a TV serial killer, Trinity teacher Jennifer
Norris appeared to be advocating for white male students to be
murdered when she was secretly recorded by gonzo journalism
outfit Project Veritas.
Perez was lead author on last week’s revisionary statement
assuring parents that he and Allman “categorically denounce the
derogatory and antagonistic comments in the recently released
video about our white students … Bias of any kind or the threat
of violence toward any person has no place at Trinity School.
“The comments made in the video do not reflect the mission or
values of Trinity School. Ms. Norris is not speaking for Trinity
School.”
Well, that’s a relief. But why is Norris still employed?
As of Sunday, she was still on paid leave, according to Kevin
Ramsey, Trinity’s director of communications.
School’s initial silence
Why did it take five days and two statements for the school to
state the bleeding obvious? You’d think it was a no-brainer to
immediately come out and say that Trinity does not share the
values of a teacher who thinks white boys should be murdered by
a serial killer.
But no, the previous week the school had issued a tone-deaf
statement expressing anger — at Project Veritas. The primary
complaint was “the reprehensible way Ms. Norris and our school
community were targeted,” and that she was recorded “without her
knowledge and permission by someone who misrepresented himself.”
The hateful bigotry expressed by Norris was mentioned only as a
mild afterthought, something that “does not reflect the mission
or values of Trinity School.”
No surprise, really, considering Norris implies that other
school members share her hostile view of conservatives, and
considering Allman’s bizarre outpouring of grief in 2016 after
Donald Trump was elected president.
When Norris told Veritas that Trinity is “definitely a school
where conservatives would not feel comfortable,” she was telling
the truth.
In the end, Perez must have felt enough heat to issue a stronger
statement a few days after the school’s initial limp offering.
Maybe there has been a change of heart. Or, more likely, the
trustees don’t enjoy getting calls from journalists.
It’s a prestigious gig to sit on the board of trustees of an
elite Manhattan private school whose annual fees start at
$61,000, and it’s guaranteed to earn you esteem in the social
pecking order, and all the best invitations.
The last thing the trustees want is to be engulfed in a scandal.
But they are involved. The board “bears ultimate responsibility
for the well-being of the school,” says its mission statement.
It’s their fault that the nation’s oldest Episcopal school, a
once-great institution of learning, has gone so far off the
rails.
It is not onFe teacher but the entire woke ethos of the school.
Perez, a Cuban-born investment banker, must understand from life
in his former homeland the lethal trajectory of far-left
ideological manipulation in schools.
Unfortunately, calls and emails to Perez and other board members
have gone unanswered, unless you count Ramsey’s emailed
statements.
But take billionaire William P. Lauder, heir to the Estée Lauder
cosmetics fortune, Trinity Class of 1978 and respected emeritus
trustee of the school board.
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