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Automotive HS principal Caterina Lafergola exiled to a stinky former bathroom two black teachers she wanted to fire — an incident that insiders say exemplifies her history of leadership abuses.

Principal Caterina Lafergola.Gregory P. MangoPrincipal Caterina Lafergola.Gregory P. Mango

Lafergola, who is leaving the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, high school for Long Island, ordered teachers Maureen Allen and Yvonne Davis-Henry to spend their workdays in the grimy, foul-smelling room after slapping them with termination charges.

“It was a deliberate attempt to dehumanize us,” Allen told The Post, crying as she recalled the ordeal.

“We were locked in there like monkeys.”

Allen and Davis-Henry described the small room as dirty, with cracked tiles, mold and an odor seeping through pipes where a toilet and sink were removed. There was an old desk with a broken computer.

Lafergola dismissed a series of black staffers in her four years as principal.

Lafergola did not return an e-mail seeking comment. The DOE said it closed a probe of Lafergola’s actions because a “complainant” did not contact investigators.

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