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  • Hayward officials to address school safety concerns

    08/20/2008 10:16:14 PM PDT · by SmithL · 23 replies · 490+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | 8/20/8 | Kristofer Noceda
    HAYWARD — Walking to and from school has been a nightmare for Amoni Packnett, an eighth-grader at Cesar Chavez Middle School. The 13-year-old and other girls are the target of daily whistles and hard stares from day laborers, who often also stalk the girls, along Tennyson Road in south Hayward. "It can get uncomfortable, and I feel violated," Packnett said. "We just want something to be done to prevent this from happening again." Helping children feel safe along a stretch from Ruus Road to the railroad tracks on Tennyson Road — an area dominated by day laborers — was the...