Hundreds Attend New Rochelle School Board Meeting Citing Violence

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Hundreds of community members attended a New Rochelle school district board meeting Thursday in the wake of three violent incidences, resulting in one death, in a little more than one week. Among the comments made by people in the council chambers of New Rochelle City Hall were whether the recent stabbings were related to bullying and why high school students are allowed to leave the campus in the middle of the day, lohud.com said.

Some parents said they have no confidence in the district’s ability to keep their children safe in school, according to reporter Christoper J. Eberhart.

A third stabbing Thursday morning inside the high school forced the building into lockout. A 16-year-old was stabbed twice and a 15-year-old suspect was seen on video leaving the building.

A 15-year-old received a laceration on his hand at a nearby pizzeria Wednesday.

On Jan. 10, New Rochelle High School student Valaree Schwab, 16, was fatally stabbed twice in the Dunkin’ Donuts across from Iona College allegedly by another 16-year-old student — Z’inah Brown.

Brown was arrested the following day and charged with second-degree murder.

The school district scheduled a public forum on the violence for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23. It will be held in the Whitney M. Young Auditorium at New Rochelle High School, 265 Clove Rd.

Read lohud.com here.

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