City school officials insist the original principal of a Brooklyn Arabic school will not get her job back.
Debbie Almontaser has said she would sue the Department of Education to be reinstated as head of the Khalil Gibran International Academy.
Almontaser says the city forced her to resign in August, after controversy erupted over her non-condemnation of t-shirts with the word “intifada.” Intifada is widely associated with the Palestinian uprising against Israel.
Almontaser said Tuesday that she would re-apply for her job. But a spokesman for Chancellor Joel Klein says Almontaser will not be eligible, though she remains a DOE employee.
He says 25 people have applied for the position, which is being filled on an interim basis.
