PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Educational Administrator from Razi School on School Security
3:18:23
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The testimony advocates for lowering the eligibility number for safety guards in non-public schools, including Catholic, Yeshiva, and Islamic schools. The speaker emphasizes the need for increased security due to recent incidents and the lack of resources in many non-public schools to provide adequate security.
- The speaker's school experienced security issues after October 7th, with students being accosted outside the school.
- Many non-public schools rely on volunteers or limited staff for security, unlike public schools with dedicated school safety officers.
- The speaker argues it's the government's responsibility to provide security for all students in New York City, not just those in public schools.
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3:18:23
I'm here to represent the Rosie School in Woodside Queens.
3:18:26
And also to support my fellow principals and administrators in the Catholic schools or the Yushivas as well as the Islamic schools asking for assistance to lower the eligibility number for the safety guards with the schools.
3:18:44
Our school personally experienced issues after the October 7th incident, where several of our students were accosted outside the school.
3:18:54
And with the ongoing situation overseas, we're fearful that more situations may happen going forward.
3:19:02
Now the public schools have school safety.
3:19:05
We have to either dig deep and ask for parents contributions to provide security.
3:19:12
Many of our schools, the security that we have, or grandparents, or stay at home moms, or sometimes elderly grandparents that will stay and work as security.
3:19:24
My school in particular, we only have 6 male members in the building.
3:19:29
The rest of the staff are all women.
3:19:31
God forbid if something were to happen, we need that assistance.
3:19:35
And I'm sure my other fellow administrators feel the same.
3:19:41
We feel that the government it it's the government's responsibility to provide the students of the city of New York with security.
3:19:49
It's adamant.
3:19:50
We should not wait until some devastating situation happens And then in hindsight, we say, oh, we should have done that.
3:19:57
Let's do it now.
3:19:58
We worked hard to get Albany to expand the budget, and now you have the money.
3:20:05
All we need for you to do is lower the eligibility rate so that schools that have say, have a 100 students can be safe.
3:20:12
Thank you.
