{"id":441267,"date":"2022-05-03T17:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rodney-de-jarnett-of-dwight-englewood-school-resigns\/"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:15:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:15:36","slug":"rodney-de-jarnett-of-dwight-englewood-school-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rodney-de-jarnett-of-dwight-englewood-school-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rodney De Jarnett of Dwight-Englewood School resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e54735b4a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e54735b4a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rodney-de-jarnett-of-dwight-englewood-school-resigns\/#%E2%80%9CRodney_De_Jarnett_of_Dwight-Englewood_School_resigns%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rodney De Jarnett of Dwight-Englewood School resigns&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRodney_De_Jarnett_of_Dwight-Englewood_School_resigns%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rodney De Jarnett of Dwight-Englewood School resigns&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The head of an elite New Jersey prep school that has faced teacher backlash over its use of critical race theory has abruptly resigned, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney De Jarnett, who led Dwight-Englewood School in Bergen County, stepped down \u201ceffective im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely\u201d amid an investigation into conduct inconsistent with the private prep school\u2019s \u201cvalues and standards of behavior,\u201d administrators told parents in an email Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to assure our school community that the identified conduct did not involve our students,\u201d the message continued. \u201cThe [Board of Trustees] cannot provide additional information because of the confidential nature of the independent investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Jarnett had previously <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.d-e.org\/hos\/\">announced<\/a> that he planned to retire in June 2023 after 16 years as head of Dwight-Engelwood.<\/p>\n<p>A message seeking additional comment from a spokeswoman at the pre-K-12 school \u2014 where <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.d-e.org\/admissions\/tuition-fees--financial-aid\">tuition can run as much $54,500 annually<\/a> \u2014 was not immediately returned early Tuesday. Attempts to reach De Jarnett were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-07.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cWe want to assure our school community that the identified conduct did not involve our students,\u201d the message said.\" class=\"wp-image-22120173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-07.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-07.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-07.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cWe want to assure our school community that the identified conduct did not involve our students,\u201d the message said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dwight-Englewood School<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The resignation comes less than a year after an English teacher at Dwight-Engelwood accused the school of using critical race theory to create a \u201chostile culture of conformity and fear,\u201d leading white and male students to believe they\u2019re \u201coppressors\u201d while cutting off free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe school\u2019s ideology requires students to see themselves not as individuals, but as representatives of a group, forcing them to adopt the status of privilege or victimhood,\u201d the teacher, Dana Stangel-Plowe, wrote in a letter to school brass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, students arrive in my classroom accepting this theory as fact: People born with less melanin in their skin are oppressors, and people born with more melanin in their skin are oppressed. Men are oppressors, women are oppressed, and so on,\u201d the teacher\u2019s charged letter continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-06.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Teacher Dana Stangel-Plowe previously resigned over her concerns about critical race theory.\" class=\"wp-image-22120177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Teacher Dana Stangel-Plowe previously resigned over her concerns over critical race theory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tuition can run as much $54,500 annually at the tony New Jersey prep school.\" class=\"wp-image-22120210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tuition can cost as much $54,500 annually at Dwight-Englewood School.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dwight-Englewood School<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stangel-Plowe, who resigned over her CRT-related concerns, also claimed De Jarnett told the entire faculty on two occasions in 2017 and 2018 that he would \u201cfire us all if he could so that he could replace us with people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The miffed educator also detailed a faculty meeting last year that was \u201csegregated by skin color\u201d and at which white teachers were told \u201cto remember\u201d and take responsibility for their power and privilege.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of one student at the school told The Post some parents wondered why De Jarnett wasn\u2019t ousted last year amid reports of critical race theory being taught in classrooms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Some parents reportedly wondered why De Jarnett wasn't ousted last year.\" class=\"wp-image-22120179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nj-prep-crt-head-resigns-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Some parents reportedly wondered why De Jarnett wasn\u2019t ousted last year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dwight-Englewood School<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Counseling services will be offered to faculty, staff and students in the aftermath of De Jarnett\u2019s early exit, according to board of trustees president Rob Miller\u2019s message to parents Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough this transition is occurring sooner than expected, we want to assure you the school is well positioned for the future,\u201d Miller wrote, adding that a new head of school will be named within weeks. \u201cWe look forward to a bright future for Dwight-Engelwood.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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