The Shrine of Fatima

Donn Esmonde wrote this column about James Williams and his hiring of Fatima Morrell. Usually, Esmonde spends half the article describing the physical characteristics of his male subjects, but not this time. He talks about how poorly Lafayette principal Morrell performed before she was promoted to her current position. She failed miserably at school 31 according to teachers, students, and parents. She was the assistant principal at McKinley during the Jayvonna Kincannon debacle. At Lafayette under Morrell, students are allowed to swear at teachers without fear of being suspended. Morrell yells at teachers and degrades them in front of the students. She recently told the football team "not to embarrass her" during one of her morning announcements.

Just another day in the Buffalo Public School System. Actually, City Honors, Hutch Tech, Da Vinci, and Emerson are very good high schools. They should take all the other high schools and pick the 10% of each school that are decent kids and form another good high school. Could you imagine Fatima Morrell being hired in any suburban school district? Not in a million years. Despite a dismal track record, Morrell kept getting promoted under Williams. I wonder what School Board President Ralph Pornandez thinks about this?

According to some of the comments underneath the article (which are usually more informative than the actual story), Morrell is the best friend of William's girlfriend. Say it isn't so, Dr. Williams. Is it all about the children or is it all about your mistress' friends? Keep up the great work. Why didn't you take that one way ticket out of Buffalo? I guess Nashville's loss was our loss, too.
Donn Esmonde: Blame mess at Lafayette on Williams : City & Region : The Buffalo News