Chicago Schools Security Chief Says New Schools Will Be Safe
A Chicago Public Schools official defended the district’s plans to provide security for children moving to new schools this August, which should prevent the type of violence that resulted in the highly publicized beating death of Derrion Albert four years ago, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Albert was killed as a result of tensions at Fenger High School between students who came from different neighborhoods. The new school closings (49 elementary schools and one high school program will be closed) have been criticized – some point to the Albert tragedy as a cautionary tale of what can happen when students have to traverse communities with rival gang boundaries, the article reports.