News 12: 15-year-old Brooklyn student fatally shot after teen fist fight
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in McLaughlin Park in Brooklyn, according to police. The shooting took place near Brooklyn Lab Charter School, the same school the victim attended. The CEO of Brooklyn Lab Charter School says they will have professional counseling available to students on campus today, on top of the social […]
NYDailyNews: Boy, 17, shot near Lincoln High School in Coney Island; gunman sought as victim recovers in hospital
By Mark Stamey and Rocco Parascandola A 17-year-old boy was shot and wounded near his Brooklyn high school Friday afternoon, police said. The victim, struck in the abdomen, was rushed to Coney Island Hospital and is expected to survive. The gunman, clad in a gray hoodie and black pants and carrying a black book bag, was being […]
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -Nearly 6,000 weapons seized from NYC schools this year, school safety agents union says
By Kristin Thorne Eyewitness News has learned exclusively that New York City school safety agents have seized 5,931 weapons from students this year, according to the union for the safety agents. It’s a disturbing trend that has plagued the city’s school system since the beginning of the year. “When someone finds a weapon in the school, […]
NEW YORK (WABC) -7 On Your Side Investigates: School violence skyrockets as kids battle stress, depression, anxiety
By Kristin Thorne The summer cannot come soon enough for teachers and administrators across our area and the nation, as schools have been dealing with a surge in student violence. Students and parents in our area have been reporting an increase in fights in school buildings — in hallways, bathrooms, cafeterias, even classrooms, and outside on […]
NEW YORK CITY (WABC)- Enrollment in NYC Public Schools continues to trend downward
By Eyewitness News Enrollment in New York City Public Schools is dropping and that could lead to the loss of millions of dollars in funding. The number of enrolled students is down nearly 4% from the 2020-2021 school year, which was down from the year before. That year included the first several months of the pandemic. […]
NY Post: NYC teacher Marquell Singleton allegedly threw student to the ground
By Amanda Woods A Brooklyn teacher has been arrested for throwing a 12-year-old boy to the ground during an argument, cops say. Marquell Singleton, 30, clashed with the pre-teen student around 12:30 p.m. Saturday at PS 178 Saint Clair Mckelway on Dean Street near Saratoga Avenue in Brownsville, police said. The pair was arguing, and at […]
NY Post: Teen stabbed outside NYC middle school
By Craig McCarthy and Cayla Bamberger A 14-year-old boy was stabbed Monday outside a Staten Island middle school during a brawl that erupted as school let out, authorities say. The young teen was stabbed in the torso just before 3 p.m. outside IS 49 Berta A. Dreyfus and ran back inside for help, according to police and […]
NY Post: Person claiming to be student threatens to ‘shoot up’ elite Brooklyn school: cops
By Susan Edelman and Tina Moore A person claiming to be a student threatened on social media to “shoot up” an elite high school in Brooklyn — and police are now investigating the sick posts, cops said Sunday. “I’m going to shoot up my school Millennium Brooklyn High School New York with a MP15 assault rifle and […]
NY Post: GOP pols calling on NYC to lift school graduation vaccine restrictions for parents
By Rich Calder Republican lawmakers are demanding city health officials allow parents and other guests be allowed to attend public school graduation ceremonies without being forced to produce proof of the jab. “To exclude parents from seeing this milestone in their children’s lives would be yet another unnecessary setback for them to have to suffer,” five […]
NY Post: Another NYC teen threatened to shoot up a Queens school ‘like in Texas’
By Susan Edelman and Dean Balsamini A teen was busted for allegedly threatening to shoot up his Queens high school in the wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas. “I’m going to shoot the school. Like in Texas. Be ready,” 18-year-old Forest Hills High School student Diego Sarmiento allegedly scrawled on a desk, according […]