Posted on 08/26/2020 5:24:03 AM PDT by karpov
Nearly two dozen Bronx principals say they’d love to have outdoor classrooms — if only they didn’t have to worry about their students getting shot or picking up used drug syringes off the ground.
The day after Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools Chancellor Richard Carranza crowed about turning city parks and streets near schools into classrooms amid the coronavirus, principals in the borough’s District 7 fired off a blistering letter.
“Our District has been in the grips of a wave of gun violence that is dangerously affecting and can further exacerbate the safety conditions for all members in our Learning Community,’’ the educators wrote.
“A few days ago, a woman was shot to death in front of one of our district schools,’’ the principals said — apparently referring to Patricia Vasquez, 25, who was killed early Saturday outside PS 1 and Alfred E. Smith HS in the Melrose section in District 7.
“Most of the parks next to the schools which we use for recess belongs to the Parks Department has to be cleaned daily as syringes and other drug paraphernalia are constantly found there each morning among broken beer bottles, urine etc.,’’ the letter said.
On Tuesday, The Post found at least five syringes littering the playground at PS 18 on Morris Avenue in District 7 in the South Bronx — and five more of the used drug instruments along the sidewalk outside, as three to four spaced-out, disheveled derelicts hung around the fence.
“We not only have to worry about the coronavirus, but now we have to worry about HIV and AIDS and whatever else is out there,’’ said Keyia Brown, a 42-year-old local home-health aide, to The Post when shown photos of the syringes.
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“gun violence”
Someone really should do something about those gun violencers.
Whenever I buy a gun I make sure it isn’t the violent type.
You can’t be too careful. These guns just can’t seem to behave.
Democrat Teachers Teaching kids outside in a Democrat Utopian city is too dangerous?? WTF are they talkng about, these are THEIR PEOPLE!!
It absolutely does need another Rudy, but I’m not sure if enough NYC residents think that. I believe what’s going on there and elsewhere is that the people in these crapholes figure they’re always going to be crapholes so they may as well vote for the fool who promises them the most free crap even if they don’t think the fool can deliver rather the non-fool who promises to clean up the mess but isn’t promising them anything free.
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