That let rubber-room granddaddy Roland Pierre make a mockery of the system. He finally retired at age 76 last year — 14 years after he was yanked from PS 138 in Brooklyn and never taught again. Criminal charges in 1997 that he molested a sixth-grade girl were dropped. He got $97,101 a year.

In the case of Mr. Pierre, the charges were dropped. The man could have been 100% innocent; falsely accused. I don’t know the details, but I have to presume innocence.

If that’s the case, I don’t blame him one bit for doing what he’s doing.

While the rules that permit this may be outrageous, it may not necessarily be right to criticize people who are taking advantage of it.

Demand outstrips supply for New York private schools, and thus tuition creeps upward faster than inflation and the cost of education elsewhere, reaching an astonishing $40,000/year at some schools. At no point does the New York Times article (h/t K.L.)…