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truesee — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:06:25 GMT

Manhattan high school principal faces firing after lesbian affair with assistant goes bad

Rachel Monahan

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Originally Published:Friday, November 12th 2010, 2:43 PM

Updated: Friday, November 12th 2010, 5:15 PM

Crystal Simmons, founding principal of the Academy for Social Action, turned to officials for help after her former lover, Candy Jones, threatened to murder her, according to a report.

A beloved Harlem principal was yanked from her post after she had a two-year lesbian romance with a female assistant principal then gave her a lousy review, investigators said.

Crystal Simmons, founding principal of the Academy for Social Action, turned to officials for help after her former lover, Candy Jones, threatened to murder her, according to a report released Friday by the city Education Department.

We are currently seeking to terminate both Principal Simmons and Assistant Principal Jones, said Department of Education spokeswoman Barbara Morgan. In a setting where the focus is supposed to be on student learning, conduct like this is simply unacceptable.

During the investigation, Simmons fessed up to the dalliance with her subordinate.

Jones is accused of threatening to kill Simmons after being asked to resign, telling another school employee that it was easy to purchase a gun down south and that her father had already purchased one, the report says.

Jones told investigators that she was only joking about an article involving a female corrections officer who gunned down her female lover, comparing her situation to that one.

She also claimed her relationship with Simmons became strained only after she vacationed with another woman, upsetting Simmons, according to the report.

Simmons told investigators she gave Jones an unsatisfactory rating after Jones' work ethic declined once the relationship fell apart.

Attempts to reach the two were not immediately successful.

A 17-year-old senior was one of dozens of students who attended a protest Friday to demand the return of their principal, whom she compared as a second mother.

The teen described herself as shocked after learning of the sex scandal.

I don't really know what to say. My God, I don't know what think, she said.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/12/2010-11-12_manhattan_high_school_principal_assistant_principal_may_be_fired_for_lesbian_aff.html#ixzz158DoEOyO

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