Department of Education selects new
School District 28 superintendent
BY MAX PARROTT
The Department of Education announced
that Dr. Tammy Pate has
taken over as community superintendent
of District 28 in Queens effective
Thursday, Feb. 27.
Pate is coming to the school district
stretching Forest Hills down
to Jamaica from serving as deputy
superintendent of District 10 in the
Bronx, the fourth largest district in
the city with 85 schools and 55,000
students for the past year and a half.
By comparison, District 28 has a
student population of about 42,000
across 52 schools.
“I am committed to the success
of the talented students and staff of
District 28, and am truly honored
to serve as Superintendent. Community
empowerment is central to
my work, and starting today I will
be listening to principals, parents
and parent leaders across the entire
community and providing all of our
schools with tools and resources
so that our students reach their
highest potential,” Pate said in a
statement to QNS.
The announcement comes at a
time of scrutiny for the southeastern
Queens district. A week before,
the DOE announced its plan to extend
the timeframe of the school
district’s contentious diversity
plan. The superintendent will play
an important role in this undertaking
as one of the members of the
working group – a body that will
write the recommendations for the
desegregation process.
Pate has worked in education 17
years, serving as teacher and founding
principal of Renaissance School
of the Arts in East Harlem and
Queens Borough Leadership director.
During her year-and-a-half tenure
as deputy superintendent in the
Bronx, she saw math and English
proficiency increase over the 2018-
19 school year.
Reach reporter Max Parrott by email
at mparrott@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260-2507 Dr. Tammy Pate Photo provided by Department of Education
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