Exclusive | NYC educators accused of sending inappropriate messages to kids still licensed, in classrooms

At least six teachers recently busted for inappropriate communications and relationships with city students are still licensed to teach in the state, including two who moved on to work in Long Island classrooms, The Post has learned.Reports by the city’s Special Commissioner of Investigation cite at least 121 substantiated cases of NYC educators and other school staffers engaging in improper communications with kids since 2018.The watchdog sends its reports to the state Education Department as well as the NYC schools chancellor.Many accused offenders resigned or were terminated by the city and no longer have active licenses.

Others have continued to teach, records show.One of them, Anthony Schiliro, sent three Eleanor Roosevelt HS students “excessive” late-night texts and joked about one having sex in front of the other two, the SCI found.Schiliro resigned due to the alleged misconduct, and had a “problem code” stamped on his file.That red flag can prevent him from further work in the city Department of Education, but other districts or schools do not have access to it unless they ask the DOE for a background check, said Betsy Combier, an expert on teacher discipline.Schiliro was hired as a permanent special-ed substitute teacher for more than a month in fall 2024, making $245 per day, according to Long Beach Public School records.Superintendent Jennifer Gallagher told The Post the district was not aware of the SCI findings when they hired Schiliro, and that he no longer works for the district.

She would not give further details.Another, Curtis Haywood, allegedly used WhatsApp to ask one of his students from the Theatre Arts Production Company School in the Bronx creepy questions about their relationship, sometimes leaving her in tears.Haywood went on to teach in at two different Long Island districts, Uniondale and then Hempstead, making $84,379 from the latter district last year.The districts did not respond to inquiries from The Post.Dulaina Almonte w...