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According to Principal Stephanie Andrewlevich, Mitchell parents are scared to send their children back to school in person.
“Having them not come over the last week because there is fear, cannot continue,” said Andrewlevich at the rally. “So what can we do to rally together to support all of our families and all of our students?”
Stephanie Andrewlevich, principal of Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia, talks about her students at an anti-violence rally and resource fair in Southwest Philadelphia on May 19, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Miss Nicky is one of the Mitchell Elementary parents who has become afraid to let her kids play outside.