Former Providence principal kept his 'previous' job helping run D.C. school. What we know
The former principal of E-Cubed Academy in Providence was still working — virtually — as an assistant principal in Washington, D.C., for 17 weeks after starting the job in Rhode Island last year, according to a government ethics board complaint.
Michael Redmond was hired as principal of E-Cubed on Branch Avenue in July 2020, when the school and its students were preparing for a return to classroom learning for the first time since the COVID pandemic began the previous spring.
But while he was physically on the job in his new position in Providence, Redmond was Zooming in to work in Washington and collecting his salary as assistant principal of Kramer Middle School there, according to a complaint from the District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Government Accountability.
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Redmond had worked for the District of Columbia since 2014.
Redmond "admitted to working a second full-time job with Providence Public Schools while serving as assistant principal at Kramer from July 22, 2020 until Nov. 30, 2020, approximately 17 weeks," the complaint said. He resigned in Washington on Nov. 30, 2020.
Redmond's work day at E-Cubed started 15 minutes earlier than his job in Washington and ended at the same time each day.
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The Washington school district paid him $41,000 of his $125,434-a-year salary while he was working in Providence before he stepped down, the complaint said.
Officials at E-Cubed referred questions about Redmond to the Rhode Island Department of Education, which is running the city's public schools.
State Education Department spokesman Victor Morente said Redmond "separated from the district" on April 5.
"PPSD was notified of the situation on Nov. 30, 2020. An investigation was conducted and disciplinary action was taken," Morente wrote in an email.
With reports from Journal Staff Writer Linda Borg
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This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Michael Redmond worked at E-Cubed Academy in RI and DC middle school
