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For Immediate Release:
February 14, 2007
Contact: Frank Sobrino,
Press Secretary
O: (212) 669-4193
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum On School Safety
“The spike in crime and other
incidents in our schools reported today, coupled with what I’ve
been hearing from principals and other administrators—that
they lack the resources to effectively deal with behavior problems
in their schools—is a cause of great concern.
“Consultants can reconfigure
the boxes and lines on an organization chart from now until the
end of time, but teachers can’t teach and students can’t
learn in an environment in which they fear for their safety.
“As I will be recommending in
a forthcoming report, if ‘teaching and learning’ is
to be more than just a slogan at many of our schools, we must
expand conflict resolution training for school staff.”
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