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Ex-con teacher’s aide booted from NYC school after using inappropriate language around kids: source
Marc Antonio Jefferies was told not to return to PS 35 Nathaniel Woodhull beginning Monday by Principal Aneesha Jacko, said a source familiar with the decision.
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Ex-con teacher’s aide booted from NYC school after using inappropriate language around kids: source
By
Susan Edelman and
Rich Calder
June 10, 2023 9:59am
Updated
The 56-year-old ex-con who was hired as a teacher’s aide at a Queens elementary school was dismissed after The Post exposed his conviction in a 2010 gun case and complaints from co-workers about erratic classroom behavior.
Marc Antonio Jefferies, who was accused of yelling at a teacher and using inappropriate language with children, was told not to return to PS 35 Nathaniel Woodhull beginning Monday by Principal Aneesha Jacko, said a source familiar with the decision.
The city Department of Education’s Office of Special Investigations is looking into Jefferies’ role and conduct in the school.
Jacko, who hired Jefferies, did not return messages.
The DOE would not comment.
In April 2010, Jefferies was accused of throwing another man up against a wall and threatening him with a gun drawn from a holster outside the Poconos International Basketball Camp for youths, the Morning Call reported.
He was charged with making terroristic threats, carrying prohibited weapons, reckless endangerment, and harassment.
[IMG alt="Co-workers have also complained about Jefferies erratic classroom behavior.
"]https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/NYPICHPDPICT000012060621-1.jpg[/IMG]Co-workers have also complained about Jefferies erratic classroom behavior.
In a September 2010 deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor terroristic threats and was sentenced to up to a year in jail, records show.
Jefferies on Friday would not comment on his absence, but insisted he never was sentenced or spent any time in jail.
Meanwhile, Jacko also booted two other full-time aides who had been assigned to work one-on-one with special-needs kids, a teacher said.
The city Department of Education’s Office of Special Investigations is looking into Jefferies’ role and conduct in the school.“It made no sense at all to let those two go,” the teacher said. “It was certainly not done with the student’s safety or best interest in mind.”
A mom with two kids in PS 35 blamed Jacko for the school’s turmoil. “She’s not doing the job she’s supposed to do,” the mother said. “It’s getting worse and worse every day.”