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Who should keep our children safe? Plan for school-safety changes ignites storm on both sides
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A bill in the City Council is calling for changes to school safety agents. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York City Council legislation aimed at fundamentally changing the role of school safety agents is drawing a spectrum of wide-ranging opinions that on one end criticize the proposals as being short sighted, and on the other say fall short of true reform.
Interviews with schools safety agents, a union president, a school administrator, parents and advocates for school-safety reform reveal two sides embroiled in a debate that sees the current action taken in the city’s legislative body as being inconsistent with the needs of students.