Students are most likely stuck with teachers who flunked their data rankings — as parents have limited options to transfer to other classrooms or schools.
Principals told The Post that they would reject a stampede of transfer requests to avoid chaos in their schools in the spring or next fall.
“I won’t do that. I can’t just have parents picking the teachers they want,” said Anthony Lombardi, principal of PS 49 in Middle Village, Queens.
One Brooklyn elementary teacher said: “I’m definitely not making any switches. I’m definitely not moving kids out of the classroom.”
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and other Department of Education officials said the rankings alone do not justify a massive transfer of students.
Parents may have a better shot at a school, rather than a classroom, transfer.
Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, students in schools designated as “in need of improvement” or “persistently low achieving” have the option to a transfer to a better school.
