To: Dr. John B. King Jr., New York State Commissioner of Education and Governor Andrew Cuomo
Zero Tolerance for BULLYING, Fire D'Agostino!
BOARD ATTORNEY MR. D’AGOSTINO’S USE OF PROFANITY TOWARD STUDENT Nicholas Pulakos on March 5, 2013 is absolutely unacceptable. His repeated fits of anger and verbal abuse toward students and adults at school board meetings are well documented and cannot be allowed to continue. We, the undersigned supporters of the students of East Ramapo Central School District, support the students of East Ramapo Central School District in demanding that he be dismissed immediately.
Why is this important?
On March 5, 2013, the East Ramapo Central School District School Board Attorney, Mr. D’Agostino, approached Nicholas, a senior and AP honor student at Ramapo High School, and called him a despicable profanity and offered to fight him physically. The students of East Ramapo Central School District are frightened by Mr. D’Agostino. He is in direct violation of the ERCSD Code of Conduct, the NYS Dignity for All Students Act, and he has not behaved in accordance with the values stipulated by the East Ramapo School District that employs him. He should be dismissed immediately.