On her way into the Khalil Gibran International Academy a girl walks past NYPD Integrity Control Officer Lyndsey Martinez, as he stands outside the entrance to the school on the first day of classes Tuesday Sept. 4, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The New York City public school is the first in the city to offer instruction in Arabic and on Arab culture. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)We noted the farce known as the Khalil Gibran International Academy last month and the controversy surrounding former principal Debbie Almontaser and the Intifada NYC fiasco. Well, today this abomination opened for business.
New York's first Arabic school opens under police guard
NEW YORK (AFP) — Under police guard, about 60 pupils at New York's first Arabic bilingual school turned up for classes on Tuesday amid accusations the institution is a potential breeding ground for Islamic extremists.
"This is absolutely not a religious school. The kids are here to be citizens of a school committed to excellence," Garth Harris, head of development for New York City's Education Department, told a crowd of reporters gathered outside the school building.
"There are 200 small schools in New York teaching Chinese, French or Russian," Harris said.
The students who arrived for opening day came from a range of ethnic and racial backgrounds, with some of the girls wearing headscarves. Outside, more than a dozen police were on hand to make sure reporters did not cross a yellow tape posted a few meters (yards) from the school building.
Principal Danielle Salzberg, named in mid-August, declined to speak to journalists. "She is with the children," Harris said.
This genius supports inclusive multicultural education, but misspells the name of the Madrassa.H/T: Killgore Trout.
UPDATE: More from Atlas Shrugs and Urban Infidel.
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