The following is the letter I left about yesterday's incident. I don't understand why other teachers refuse to speak out. I spoke to our Parent Coordinator today also. She said she would discuss security with the PTA.
April 1, 2008
Dear Mr. Terence,
I am writing again regarding the lack of trailer security. This afternoon, a boy was struck in the face while leaving his trailer and coming into mine. He was covered in blood and his nose was broken. There was no security around. Luckily, a teacher walking by took him to the nurse’s office.
While teaching period 9, a boy tried to walk into my trailer to hand his friend French fries. This time I was able to stop him, but he did disrupt the class for a few minutes. If he was looking to cause trouble, I could not have stopped him.
Last year, a strange man walked into the trailer to use the bathroom. Nothing has been done to stop this from occurring in the future.
There are eight trailer classes with an average of 30 children per class. When periods end, there are almost 500 children walking between the building and the trailers. Yet, there is nothing being done to protect them or their teachers.
At this point, I am ready to send a copy of this letter to the parents association and to all the local newspapers. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS WHO GO TO THIS SCHOOL AND THE TEACHERS WHO WORK HERE. Cameras might catch the perpetrators but they are not protecting us. This is not the best school in Queens if it is not safe to be here.
Extremely Pissed Off Teacher
Cc: Principal Suit
Chapter Leader
The guilty kid has been caught and the victim was convinced by the dean in charge not to press charges. I guess, what does it matter if an immigrant kid is hurt. What rights should he have? The victim was back in school. The nose was not broken but a tooth was chipped. Physically he is going to be fine, emotionally, I am not so sure.
9 comments:
If the teachers in your school do not rally around a security matter,
which concerns everyone, then what do they consider an important issue?
Schoolgal
MOST OF THEM ARE AFRAID OF THEIR OWN SHADOW
Teachers? Rally? In a huge multi session school there is no "rallying". There is "surviving". There is very little regard for the health, safety, or welfare of teachers or kids. When one is in survival mode, not much else matters.
Do you have any classrooms or administrators offices or room that are not use so often that can be used insted of these trailers?
My school is so overcrowded there is not one spare inch of room.
Yes "survival mode" I have been on it since Bloom/Klein have been in power!. It may be the wave of the future as it appears to be a permanent mode to be in!
It sounds like Principal Suit does not want you to share this story with the press.
The more of your horror stories I read, the more I'm grateful to you for discouraging me from applying to teach in NYC!
Will it take a dead student or teacher for someone to raise an eyebrow?
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