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• CPSC: The ABC's of avoiding injuries

  Published: August 17, 2007, 9:02 am

  Tags: Art Supplies, Artsupplies, Astm, Back To School, Backtoschool, Bike Helme, Bikehelme, Clothing, Cpsc, Helmet, Helmets, Injuries, Injury, Kids, Kids Clothes, Kids Clothing, Kidsclothes, Kidsclothing, Playground, Safety, Saftey, School, School Clothes, School Safety, Schoolclothes

  under: Gear, Health and Safety, Preschool, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public school, Private school, Going to schoolIt's that time of year again. School supplies have been purchased, new school clothes are hanging in the closet and everything is ready for the return to school. It's been a long, happy summer and even

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• School lockdown

  Published: October 8, 2007, 4:01 am

  Tags: Keeping Kids Safe, Keepingkidssafe, Kids Safety In School, Kidsandsafetyinschool, Kindergarten, Lockdowns, Protecting Kids, Protectingkids, Safety Measure For Schools, Safetymeasureforschools, School Lock Downs, School Safety, Schoollockdowns, Schoolsafety, What Lock D

  under: Health and Safety, Elementary school, Going to school, 5 years, Monitoring your kids, EmotionsWhen I asked my kindergartner how his day went, I was expecting to hear the latest recess escapade, what he had for lunch and who he sat next to during story time. I wasn't ready for, "Today we had a wok-down!" A "wok-down" (pronounced

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• NY1: Principal's Arrest Highlighted As City Council Talks School Safety...

  Published: October 15, 2007, 6:22 pm

  Tags: School Safety, Nyc Council, Joel Klein, Education, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Nyc Department Of Education

  Council held hearings on school safety Wednesday, just a day after a student and a principal were arrested following an incident at a Manhattan high school. This was a normal school day. He was here. He was back at work doing his job and everyone was glad he was back, said East Side Community High School teacher Ben Wides. Police say

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• Village Voice - Will Christine Quinn Stand Up to Commissioner Kelly? by Nat Hentoff

  Published: February 29, 2008, 8:18 pm

  Tags: Robert Jackson, School Safety, Christine Quinn, Nyc Council, Joel Klein, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Nyc Department Of Education

  "There are more than 5,000 School Safety Agents [with the power to arrest] in the schools. There are approximately 200 armed police officers in the schools." And the NYCLU has also noted, in its determined effort to bring these official vigilantes under control, that "this massive presence would make the NYPD's school safety division the fifth

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• Four-year-olds handcuffed for refusing to nap

  Published: March 12, 2008, 10:04 am

  Tags: Bronx School, Bronxschool, Christopher Brito, Christopherbrito, Discipline, Handcuff Child, Handcuffchild, Jaden Diaz, Jadendiaz, New York School, Newyorkschool, Schhol Handcuff Child, Schholhandcuffchild, School Discipline, School Handcuffs, School Safety Officer, Schoo

  under: Teachers, Elementary school, Public school, 4 years, Preschooler, DisciplineOn November 17, 2006, Jaden Diaz and Christopher Brito were both four-year-old preschoolers at a public school in Bronx, New York. On that day, they had a substitute teacher, who they say was unhappy with them and another boy for refusing to take a nap. They

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• Sikh Community Rallies In Queens Against Alleged Bias Incidents - NY1: Education

  Published: July 1, 2008, 12:56 pm

  Tags: Sikh, School Safety, Richmond Hill, Queens, Schools, Richmond Hill Hs, Ny1, John Liu

  said Klein.But one Sikh high school student who spoke to NY1 says he took off his turban and no longer wears it because it brought him so much taunting that he feared for his safety."I don't feel safe," said the student. "I don't want to be harassed, you know. I have feelings too."When school resumes in September students will get a brochure that

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