PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Dr. Khadijah Jean Pryce, Chief Administrator and Instructional Leader of Islamic Cultural Center School, on School Security
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Dr. Khadijah Jean Pryce, representing the Islamic Cultural Center School, testified in support of lowering the eligibility number for school security funding. She emphasized the ongoing security concerns faced by her school due to its affiliation with a prominent mosque and the financial limitations of the school community.
- The school frequently faces security threats, including phoned-in threats that require security forces outside the school.
- The school's financial resources are limited, with many parents working as taxi drivers, making it difficult to afford adequate security.
- Dr. Pryce argued that security should be about protecting students in schools, not about meeting a specific number threshold for eligibility.
Dr. Khadijah Jean Pryce
3:20:14
Thank you.
3:20:15
I'm Doctor.
3:20:16
Hadija Jean Price.
3:20:17
I represent the Islamic Cultural Center School located at Upper East Side.
3:20:22
To follow on my esteemed colleague's comments, we've always had a issue with security because of where we are.
3:20:29
We're affiliated with the largest Moscow in Manhattan, actually on the East Coast.
3:20:35
So We've always had a we've always had a security issue.
3:20:40
It's very it's not rare for us to come to school and see security forces outside because we've had somebody's phoned in a threat.
3:20:50
So my we my staff, myself, my students, my parents are always have have always been concerned about security.
3:20:59
It has been heightened because of the number of threats during the last year or so.
3:21:07
So again, I want to expand what my colleague said that, yes, We also most of our parents are taxi drivers.
3:21:16
So our income is very limited.
3:21:19
After we are tuition driven, we are very limited.
3:21:22
So we would we need more security but with at the time, we are not able to afford it.
3:21:30
So if we could just lower it and security should not be about numbers.
3:21:34
Security should just be about students in schools.
3:21:38
So we I I also so support the number of the eligibility number being lowered.
3:21:44
It should not have a number, but it should definitely be and it should definitely be lower than 300.
3:21:49
Thank you for this opportunity to speak.
