You were actually named permanent principal four days ago.
She requested that the city be prevented from hiring a permanent principal until her case was resolved.
The faculty, alumni and parents have strongly backed William Stark, the acting principal of the school, to become its next permanent principal, while Mr. Levy has blocked Mr. Stark.
Holly Anne Reichert, who was appointed as the permanent principal in January, said in an interview that she had reduced some of the disruptive behavior by minimizing class sizes.
It would also mean that Mount Kisco Elementary School, which has been without a permanent principal, would go through another year with a temporary administrator.
Mr. Levy let it be known that he was looking for someone prominent to become the school's permanent principal, perhaps even a Nobel Prize winner.
In April, seven Chinese parents were elected to the parent-teacher committee that was to evaluate candidates, including Mr. Sinclair, to become Lafayette's permanent principal.
In July, faced with an unexpected vacancy that had to be filled quickly, Ms. Romandetto, the district superintendent, named Ms. Alhadeff interim acting principal of P.S. 87 until a permanent principal could be found.
And it has never been harder on the people in it, a circumstance that helps explain a national shortage that has left some states struggling to find a permanent principal for one of every five schools.
"She is supportive of parent efforts to get the funds reinstated," an article in Backpack News, the school newsletter, said of the principal, "but indicated that, as an applicant for the permanent principal position, she feels it is a conflict of interest to pressure Pat Romandetto" on the issue.
