After being reassigned to the city Education Department’s Region One offices last February pending an internal investigation, former PS/MS 280 Principal Gary LaMotta quietly retired over the summer.
LaMotta’s tenure at PS/MS 280, one of the most successful and praised schools in District 10, came to a sudden and ignominious end after 16 years at the Mosholu Parkway school.
The Department of Education Department (DOE) said LaMotta’s reassignment came when a female employee accused LaMotta of inappropriate conduct. The spokesman also said the DOE would publicly release a full report of the investigation’s findings, but that has not materialized. The DOE did not return calls requesting information about the LaMotta investigation.
Former Assistant Principal James Weeks took over as PS/MS 280 principal this year on a permanent basis.
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