SEATTLE - Since July a homeless encampment has been growing behind Broadview-Thomson K-8 School in Seattle’s Bitter Lake community. Neighbors and parents continue to call on Seattle Public School to put children’s safety first and to remove the encampment. Over the past 10 months the homeless encampment behind the school has been grown into more than 40 tents. Neighbors and parents have repeatedly called on Seattle Public Schools for a solution.
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It s a recipe for disaster.
That s what Seattle parent Serena Evans thinks of the situation unfolding outside Broadview-Thompson Elementary School in the city s Bitter Lake neighborhood.
A homeless encampment has spilled over onto school property, and despite complaints, the school board refuses to do anything about it.
Parents like Evans are worried about safety and say their children, some as young as 5, are too scared to go in. Others are playing near the edge of the encampment, stepping on condom wrappers, broken bottles, and trash. I knew it had gotten bad, but I didn t realize how out of control it was, Evans told KIRO7. To have my daughter running around not to pass judgment but usually with homeless encampments, there are drugs which mean needles.
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Robert DeWitt takes down his tent as Seattle Police and Seattle Parks and Recreation arrive to set up a perimeter before sweeping unhoused people from Denny Park on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Seattle. DeWitt had stayed overnight with the hopes of talking with outreach services but was only approached by police. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
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