Our public schools are no place for "bad" children

From: Tri-State Defender | Date: March 16, 2005 | Copyright information

Tri-State Defender
03-16-2005
Recent reports that at least one gang member has been posing as a student
-- complete with the wearing of a school uniform -- and attempting to
recruit gang members from among school children is evidence of the
continuing problem of potential violence and bad behavior in our public
schools. Parents throughout the city are horrified, as we all should be, at
the brutal and heinous attacks that have occurred during just this school
year. When events such as this occur it is easy to understand why many
parents live in constant fear for the safety of their children who ...

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