A public school pre-K teacher who offered parents and teachers anti-Israel lesson plans for children has quit the job, The Post has learned.
Siriana Abboud “has resigned from the Department of Education,” and left her position at PS 59 Beekman Hill International School in Midtown, less than four months after The Post’s front page report on her social-media guides for teaching kids about Palestine, according to an email Friday from the school.
Abboud, 29, was absent for the last two weeks, leaving parents anxious and confused.
The move comes after controversy over Abboud’s Instagram account, which featured explosive rhetoric slamming Israel as a “fascist ethno-state,” and gave parents and teachers tips on talking about “land theft, displacement and ethnic cleansing” with 4-year-olds.
She recommended the children’s book “P is for Palestine” by George Bashi, which some consider antisemitic because it uses “intifada” for the letter “I”, about Palestinian uprisings against the Jewish state.
The New York City Public School Alliance, a group of teachers fighting antisemitism, said it was relieved that Abboud is no longer teaching public school students, but worried the DOE did not take a stand against her practices.
“We are concerned that this change did not come about by systemic change or consequences for violating the Chancellor’s regulation or embedding racist views in young children,” the group said.
“Our Jewish teachers and students deserve to feel safe and supported by the chancellor and his team. The voluntary resignation of a teacher does not meet that expectation.”
Abboud first sparked concern among PS 59 staffers after she posted a drawing of noses on a bulletin board outside her classroom under a note that asked: “Why do people have different noses?”
“I think it’s based on your ethnic identity. In art, we learn that you can often tell ethnicity from the bridge of your nose,” said the note, signed “Siriana (PreK).”
Jewish staffers worried the lesson cemented antisemitic stereotypes.
After complaints, it was taken down in October 2022. Abboud, however, never faced any disciplinary action over the incident, outraged staffers said.
A November Change.org petition signed by more than 200 parents urged the DOE to investigate her “ongoing campaign against Jews,” saying she had filled her Instagram account with “hate and intolerance” and antisemitic rhetoric after the murderous Hamas attacks in Israel on Oct. 7.
Following reports on her social media guides and the nose-poster controversy, Abboud wrote an email to her students’ families that she was taking a medical leave.
She was out for several months but returned after the Christmas break.
The DOE had previously named Abboud a winner of the 2023-24 “Big Apple Award” — the highest honor a city teacher can receive.
She also runs a private online school, the Allusio Academy, where she hosts live classes for kids costing $55 each and sells $75 consultation packets with resources and strategies for parents and teachers, among other services.
Abboud and the DOE did not respond to requests for comment.