This week, a naked, mentally ill man invaded a kindergarten classroom housed in a trailer at PS 41. It is unclear how the intruder was able to gain access to the trailer. But it is abundantly clear that these children and their teachers were vulnerable and their very lives were at risk.
This lack of security and safety is not just a problem at PS41, but at every school that uses these oft-times moldy and damaged trailers or have to few security guards for the student population. Lorenzo Richardson (1H), Gina Verdibello (5H), Gerald Lyons (7H) -- all candidates in the November 4th Board of Education election -- have been strong advocates for safe, secure and adequate facilities and if elected will make our schools safer.
Gina regularly documents and captures photos and reports of unsafe facilities and conditions in our schools and, when elected, will implement a Snap & Fix app to track needed repair issues. Gerald condemned the BOE president who last year recklessly gave armed gunmen access to our schools on a covert "security check" that terrorized children and school staff and he established a community security committee to advocate for security issues in our schools. And for the last ten years, Lorenzo has and will continue to relentlessly highlight wasteful spending and policies that benefit overpaid administrators and outside consultants while leaving our children at risk.
Lorenzo Richardson (1H), Gina (5H) and Gerald (7H) are what we need to make our schools safer. I'm voting for Gina(5H), Gerald (7H) and Lorenzo (1H) for Board of Education on November 4th and you should too.

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