New York City is gearing up to welcome more than one million public school students back into the classroom tomorrow, and safety is top of mind. elijahwestbrook has the story:
The chancellor also said expect to see more school safety agents in buildings. Kramer learned there are 200 who recently graduated from the police academy, and another class is coming up right behind them. "We have been disturbed by the number of weapons that we have seen during the last couple of years," he said."They like being around their friends and being looked after by the teachers. But we're very focused on safety.
The chancellor said there will be new reading programs and a focus on arts, music and civic education. "We are strongly calling on the mayor to do the right thing," said City Councilmember Lincoln Restler. Some on the City Council say tackling these issues, among others, is going to require a larger budget. Just Tuesday, the council passed a resolution calling on the mayor and schools chancellor to immediately reverse the DOE's cuts to school budgets. The resolution calls for the department to restore $469 million.
"Without his intervention, we are going to see larger class sizes on Thursday, fewer music and art teachers... essential cuts to our schools that we simply cannot afford," Restler said.
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