NEWARK– Education officials maintain that schools are safe and cite a “gross failure” in communication as the reason for the current discord between the school system and local law enforcement.
Following a trio of closed session meetings to discuss concerns shared by Worcester County State’s Attorney Kris Heiser and Sheriff Matt Crisafulli, Worcester County Board of Education President Todd Ferrante this week responded to law enforcement. The letter, sent Monday, stresses that schools are safe, criticizes the way law enforcement officials have expressed their school safety concerns and reiterates the need for the task force created by the board last week.
“We now must find a way to move forward together, and you have the commitment of this Board that it intends to do so efficiently and productively,” the letter reads. “We hope that the Board has your commitment as well.”
In a statement the following day, Heiser and Crisafulli expressed their disappointment with the school board’s response.
“Unfortunately for the community, but perhaps unsurprisingly, school officials are once again outright denying that school safety issues exist, even after having been confronted with direct evidence and concrete examples,” the statement reads. “It appears that school officials are choosing to prioritize the appearance of school safety over actual school safety.”
Keep covering up the violence WCBE. If the unruly kids are not punished they will kept pushing the envelope, testing to find out how far they can go. Eventually this will get out of hand and an a very very serious violent act will occur that can not be covered up. But it will be too late, the damage will be done. There is no fixing or bringing someone back once they have expired. Worcester County will be on national news because they didn’t think they needed the Sheriff’s help will their violent students.
DONT COMING CRYING IF SOMETHING BEYOND YOUR CONTROL HAPPENS, just get ready to get sued
I hope they have E&O insurance!
Teachers across the shore should walkout as well as students
Reading between the lines , the Sheriff and SA must have some info that a variety of criminal behavior is/has been occurring in the schools, and that administrators have not been properly sharing that info. They are now on notice and will reap the wind when a situation occurs they can’t successfully suppress.
Just common sense.
You are correct. Incidents at PHS and SDHS.
Yes 10:19, some kids do talk to their parents about school