{"id":81048,"date":"2020-10-03T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nycs-beacon-high-school-tried-to-hold-2020-diplomas-hostage\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T13:12:15","slug":"nycs-beacon-high-school-tried-to-hold-2020-diplomas-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nycs-beacon-high-school-tried-to-hold-2020-diplomas-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC’s Beacon High School tried to hold 2020 diplomas hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC’s Beacon High School tried to hold 2020 diplomas hostage<\/strong>”
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\n This NYC high school tried to hold its graduates\u2019 diplomas hostage.<\/p>\n

Beacon High School in Manhattan sent three emails since last month, asking the parents of 350 students who graduated in June to come into the school to pick up their kids\u2019 diplomas in person \u2014 and to clean out their old lockers while they were at it.<\/p>\n

The popular Hell\u2019s Kitchen school also warned it would withhold diplomas if students did not return any laptops they borrowed after March 13, when schools shut down amid the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t go in there with a f\u2013king hazmat suit,\u201d one mom told The Post. \u201cThis is a detachment from reality. Our children are out of town in college and can\u2019t attend to Beacon\u2019s leftover housekeeping.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Beacon emails said parents could pick up the diplomas only after Oct. 13 between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. \u2014 and to come wearing a mask and disposable gloves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be a wait time, so please be patient with us. We will do our best to get everyone in and out of the building in a timely manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

After The Post asked the Department of Education about Beacon\u2019s demands, officials quickly ordered the school to mail the 2020 diplomas if parents or students request it.<\/p>\n

\u201cInformation went out to Beacon graduates and their families erroneously informing them that diplomas cannot be mailed and that they must turn in devices to receive their diploma \u2013 this is being corrected,\u201d a spokesman said. Diplomas \u201cwill not be withheld in lieu of a return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beacon sent another email saying it would mail the diplomas, but still offered parents the option of picking them up \u2014 as well as clearing belongings from lockers.<\/p>\n

The Beacon mom is disgusted. \u201cThe school should bag the items from the lockers and give parents app<\/a>ointments for curbside pickup. This was done in many suburban school districts over the summer before students started college, and to sanitize the lockers before new kids arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 1,400-student Beacon is one of the city\u2019s most competitive to get in. Longtime principal Ruth Lacey, who retired in August, sanctioned student sit-ins for social<\/a> justice while the affluent PTA raised $700,000 in 2018 with the help of celebrities who had kids in the school, The Post reported.<\/p>\n

She was replaced by Brady Smith, a former English teacher and principal of the alternative James Baldwin School in Chelsea.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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