Deborah Wortham is set to take over the embattled East Ramapo school district on Monday.

Wortham will become the new interim superintendent, taking over for Joel Klein, who had been the superintendent for five years.

The Department of Education recently ruled that the district, which is run by a mostly Hasidic school board, gave preferential treatment to Jewish students at private schools, and left Spanish and Haitian ones to fall behind.

Wortham has expressed interest in the permanent position.