NYC educator paid $192,374 as director of high school that never opened

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Breitbart, The Daily Wire and the New York Post report that Caleb Haraguchi-Combs, a former New York City vice principal, is drawing a salary of $192,374 as project director of the planned Next Generation Technology High School. The Post reports, citing public records, that his pay rose by $50,000 to principal-level compensation after he was named to the role in January. The proposed school, an artificial intelligence and computer-technology campus, was cut in April, according to the Post, and it has not opened. The Post also reports that a Manhattan Center official confirmed Haraguchi-Combs no longer works at that school, and that he declined to say where he now works.

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Caleb Haraguchi-Combs is drawing a $192,374 salary as project director of Next Generation Technology High School.
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New York Post
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Breitbart News, The Daily Wire
The school’s proposal was cut in April and the school has not opened.
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New York Post
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Breitbart News, The Daily Wire
His pay rose from $141,960 to $192,374 after he was named project director in January, according to the Post.
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New York Post
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The Daily Wire
A Manhattan Center official confirmed he no longer works at that school.
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The right-side outlets report that a former vice principal draws $192,374 for a school that never opened, and they stress the waste of taxpayer money and a fake-principal label.

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Right-side headlines lead with the $192,000 salary and call the official a fake or rapper-principal running a school that does not exist; Breitbart and The Daily Wire rewrite the New York Post’s reporting rather than reporting it themselves.
NYC ‘principal’ — who’s also a rapper — being paid nearly $200K to run a school that doesn’t exist
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educratMore neutral: educator
The term reduces a public employee to a contemptible category rather than naming his job.
An NYC educrat who moonlights as a rapper is raking in an eye-watering $192,374 principal’s salary…
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raking inMore neutral: earning
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An NYC educrat who moonlights as a rapper is raking in an eye-watering $192,374 principal’s salary for not running a school, The Post has…
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eye-wateringMore neutral: $192,374
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An NYC educrat who moonlights as a rapper is raking in an eye-watering $192,374 principal’s salary for not running a school, The Post has learned.
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shelling outMore neutral: paying
The verb frames routine salary payments as a reluctant, costly outlay.
New York City taxpayers are shelling out $192,374 to the “project director” of a new high school that does not — and will…
Used byThe Daily Wire (Far Right)

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Fake PrincipalMore neutral: project director
Calling him a fake principal dismisses his role as illegitimate before the facts of his position are settled.
‘Fake Principal’ Rakes In $192K In Taxpayer Dollars For A School That Doesn’t Exist
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Rakes InMore neutral: Earns
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‘Fake Principal’ Rakes In $192K In Taxpayer Dollars For A School That Doesn’t Exist
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handsome salaryMore neutral: salary of over $192,000
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An educator in New York City has reportedly been taking a handsome salary of over $192,000 for not running a school that was never opened to students.
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the $192,000 salary
a school that never opened
a principal who is also a rapper
taxpayer money

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Breitbart NewsFar Right
Report: 'Principal' Rapper Paid $192K Salary to Lead Nonexistent NYC High School
An educator in New York City has reportedly been taking a Sensational language“handsome salary”Calling the pay handsome adds an evaluative judgement that the stated figure does not carry.More neutral: salary of over $192,000Disagree with this highlight? of over $192,000 for not running a school that was never opened to students.
6 hr agoRead at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)
The Daily WireFar Right
‘Delegitimizing label“Fake Principal”Calling him a fake principal dismisses his role as illegitimate before the facts of his position are settled.More neutral: project directorDisagree with this highlight?’ Loaded verb“Rakes In”The verb suggests greed and improper gain, where the article reports only the salary paid.More neutral: EarnsDisagree with this highlight? $192K In Taxpayer Dollars For A School That Doesn’t Exist
New York City taxpayers are Loaded verb“shelling out”The verb frames routine salary payments as a reluctant, costly outlay.More neutral: payingDisagree with this highlight? $192,374 to the “project director” of a new high school that does not — and will not — exist, the New York Post reported. …
7 hr agoRead at The Daily Wire (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRight
NYC ‘principal’ — who’s also a rapper — being paid nearly $200K to run a school that doesn’t exist
NYC DOE principal being paid nearly $200K despite not working at any school
12 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

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New York Post, Nov 8, 5:36 AM EST

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The Daily WireFar RightNov 8, 10:48 AM EST
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NYC educator paid $192,374 as director of high school that never opened

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Report: 'Principal' Rapper Paid $192K Salary to Lead Nonexistent NYC High School

NYC ‘principal’ — who’s also a rapper — being paid nearly $200K to run a school that doesn’t exist

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