NEW YORK – Parents are demanding the ouster of a New York City principal after reports surfaced that she allegedly helped unwitting students cheat on their state exams.

Staffers at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens allege school principal Namita Dwarka and her administration reclassified more than 100 students as “former English language learners” in order to gain them extra time on state tests. State law gives students extra time for two years after they test proficient on the state’s English as a Second Language Achievement Test, the New York Post reports.

“I was rushing to finish when the proctor approached me and said, ‘Relax, take your time, you have extra time,’” according to a student who received an extra hour to complete her state test last week.

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The student told the news site she was surprised to be among numerous students given extra time, but didn’t question school officials.

“I used it to my advantage. I think any student would have,” she said, adding that she spent the time finishing an essay and two multiple-choice questions she struggled with. “If I get a better grade, it will help me get into college. On the other hand, it shouldn’t have happened. I don’t feel it’s fair at all.”

That’s because it isn’t.

From the Post:

“Student rosters dated in March list 110 of 154 students, or 71 percent, in one teacher’s classes as former English language learners. Almost none was so identified on rosters last October, records show.

“Teachers suspect a scheme by Principal Namita Dwarka and her administrators.

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“’It may be a way to skew the Regents results, or skew the credit the city gets for graduating these students,’ a teacher wrote to the city’s Special Commissioner of Investigation last week.’”

Another teacher reportedly sampled 25 students marked as former English language learners and found eight were never English language learners in the first place, and the rest became proficient in English years ago, according to the news site.

Officials with the Special Commissioner of Investigation referred the Post’s questions about the cheating to the city’s education department, which did not provide any details on what, if anything, city officials plan to do about it.

The cheating debacle, however, isn’t the first issue school staff have complained about.

According to the New York Daily News, school staff allege Dwarka also has “neglected special-needs students, took away math and science programs and altered the school’s grading standards to improve graduate rates.”

When teachers or students speak up, the principal has allegedly retaliated, by removing teachers from after school programs and coaching positions, and threatened to ban students from their graduation ceremonies.

Parents and teachers held a rally at Bryant High School last week to urge city officials to fire Dwarka, whom they consider “tyrannical” and “discriminatory,” the Post reports.

“Staffers have begged the chancellor’s office to take action at Bryant,” the news site reports. “About 200 students, teachers and parents protested outside the school last week, with some carrying signs that read, ‘Dwarka must go.’”

At the very least, city education officials would be wise to remove Dwarka from the school until her alleged misdeeds are thoroughly investigated. If proven guilty, they should do whatever they can to ensure she never works in public schools again.