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"We've thrown common sense out the window"
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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 75321" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>Here's a link to a text version of the story linked by SRL above:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/09/10/2007-09-10_how_queens_school_failed_mariya_fatima_a-2.html" target="_blank">NY Daily News story about memo banning 911 calls</a></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The typed words on the school memo are as direct as they are stunning: "No Deans are permitted to call 911 for any reason."</p><p></p><p>[...]</p><p></p><p>The author of the memo and the school's principal have both since left ...</p><p></p><p>[...]</p><p></p><p>In February, Jamaica High School was placed on the city's impact list of dangerous schools. Some staffers said they felt penalized for honestly reporting crime. They also said they felt pressured to drive down the stats.</p><p></p><p>Seemingly to that end, Guy Venezia, the assistant principal for security, sent the one-line memo to the school's deans on April 12, instructing them not to call 911.</p><p></p><p>[...] </div></div></p><p>This case is an order of magnitude worse than the flower incident. That one was merely arbitrary and stupid, but there was no actual wrongdoing. In this one there was a conscious, deliberate effort to cover up, at the cost of at least one student's wellbeing. Thankfully this one was caught and exposed by a reporter (an excellent bit of investigative reporting in my opinion). Thanks for the link and clarification, SRL and wyntersgrace. I just wonder how many schools have the same policy, only not in writing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 75321, member: 3485"] Here's a link to a text version of the story linked by SRL above: [url="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/09/10/2007-09-10_how_queens_school_failed_mariya_fatima_a-2.html"]NY Daily News story about memo banning 911 calls[/url] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The typed words on the school memo are as direct as they are stunning: "No Deans are permitted to call 911 for any reason." [...] The author of the memo and the school's principal have both since left ... [...] In February, Jamaica High School was placed on the city's impact list of dangerous schools. Some staffers said they felt penalized for honestly reporting crime. They also said they felt pressured to drive down the stats. Seemingly to that end, Guy Venezia, the assistant principal for security, sent the one-line memo to the school's deans on April 12, instructing them not to call 911. [...] </div></div> This case is an order of magnitude worse than the flower incident. That one was merely arbitrary and stupid, but there was no actual wrongdoing. In this one there was a conscious, deliberate effort to cover up, at the cost of at least one student's wellbeing. Thankfully this one was caught and exposed by a reporter (an excellent bit of investigative reporting in my opinion). Thanks for the link and clarification, SRL and wyntersgrace. I just wonder how many schools have the same policy, only not in writing. [/QUOTE]
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