A Black school superintendent in Staten Island, New York, is facing multiple investigations after alleged text messages were leaked between her and another staff member.
Dr. Marion Wilson’s alleged text messages first surfaced in August 2022 that appeared to show her making statements about various white Staten Island principals and school officials. Wilson was appointed District 31 superintendent in August 2021 and has been with the New York City school system since 2006. She previously served in various roles for the school district, such as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, principal leadership facilitator and deputy superintendent.
The messages were sent to New York City Department of Education Chancellor David Banks and other Department of Education officials from the anonymous email address [email protected] The screenshots sent in the email had several text message threads and a contact name saved as “Dr.Wilson” with her contact picture.
“No more white principals on my watch!” said one text under Wilson’s name.
“I need to clean up this island,” another text reads. “White folks need to recognize this is not the boys club anymore. A strong black woman runs this b**** now, and they can either get on board or get out. If they don’t get out, I’m going to take them out one by one. They’re not gonna know what hit them. Gonna be fun.”
“Chris’s white a** is G-O-N-E. It’s happening,” said a third message from Wilson.
Christopher Anzalone is allegedly the person referenced in that text message. He was a former executive director of District 31 that moved to District 23 in Brooklyn as executive director of school support and operations.
Other messages suggested certain white principals were targets.
“LOL Mele and Cugini better play nice. They’re first up on the chopping block,” the message stated.
The message referenced two white Staten Island principals, David Cugini of Susan…
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