ICYMI: Beloved Wantagh Teacher Removed; Parents Outraged

WANTAGH, NY — Invaluable. Amazing. Extraordinary. When it comes to teachers, these are qualities often used to describe the very best — not those who've had to be removed from their schools. But that's exactly what's happened in Wantagh, where some parents have taken issue with the district's abrupt removal of Denise Burkhard from Mandalay Elementary School and move her to another school within the district.

Burkhard, a 27-year teacher at the school who is a reading specialist, was told to pack her things days before the Thanksgiving holiday following a dispute with a fellow school staffer. She was quietly moved to Wantagh Elementary School, leaving outraged parents questioning why she had to be moved mid-year and under what circumstances.

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