Anger as education leaders bring their own children to Disney World with notes intended for homeless students

There was a stir when it was announced that school authorities were bringing their own children to Disney World with notes that were actually intended for homeless students.

Six employees of the New York City Department of Education are accused of using fake permits to take their children and grandchildren on city-funded field trips that were actually intended for the city's most vulnerable children.

Linda M. Wilson, a director of DOE's Students in Temporary Housing in Queens, allegedly took her own two daughters on these trips, according to investigators.

As the New York Post reported, she also allegedly encouraged her colleagues to bring their own family members along on the trip.

According to sources, Wilson told employees to “lie to investigators” to cover up their fraudulent actions.

“What happens here stays with us,” Wilson told his colleagues, the New York Post reported.

“She said everyone should stick to the same story that we didn't take our children on the trip,” a Post employee told the Post.

“She told us to lie to the investigators.”

A trip to Disney World alone cost a whopping $66,000 for about 50 adults and children.

The shocking news follows a sensational report by the city's special investigator for schools that uncovered a web of deception spanning from 2016 to 2019.

But the Magic Kingdom was just the beginning.

Linda M. Wilson, a director of DOE's Students in Temporary Housing in Queens, allegedly took her own two daughters on these trips, according to investigators. She also reportedly encouraged her colleagues to join the effort and bring their own family members.

Multi-day trips to Washington DC, New Orleans, Boston and northern New York State were part of the plan.

A DOE educator was allegedly forced to “beg Wilson to allow him to take two of his students on a Disney World trip,” while Wilson and his colleagues brought their own family members along for the magical ride.

Naveed Hasan, a father who watches a child at a Manhattan public school and is a member of the city's education policy committee, expressed his shock and disappointment.

“Accepting money intended for homeless students is extremely inappropriate,” he told the outlet. “I'm shocked.”