[CPEO-BIF] PS51 (Bronx, NY) parents present demands to New York Schools Chancellor

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ignored, PS 51 Parents Take List Of Demands to Chancellor



By Jaleesa Baulkman
Norwood News (NY)
June 4, 2012

At a recent meeting, parents of PS 51 students expressed their  
concerns with the way the Department of Education (DOE)  
administration has handled decades of toxic exposure at the school’s  
former building in Bedford Park.

Members of PS 51 Parents United, a group consisting of parents of  
current and former PS 51students and members of the Northwest Bronx  
Community and Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC), say the DOE and Schools  
Chancellor Dennis Walcott are not making an effort to reach out to  
parents of former students about the contamination. They are  
frustrated that he hasn’t met with them despite their health concerns.

High levels of trichloroethylene (TCE), a cancer causing toxin, were  
detected in the school’s former building.

“If [Walcott is] responsible why won’t [he] step up to the plate and  
meet with us,” said Adaline Walker-Santiago, a PS 51 Parents United  
member and first vice chair of Community Board 7.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=7935&story=ignored-ps-51-parents-take- 
list-of-demands-to-chancellor/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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