Sun Sentinel Broward Edition

Crime in Broward schools greater than stats show

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I spent seven years as a school bus operator, so I am innately familiar with issues plaguing the administra­tors. If a school is a “tough” school, then the district does look harder at those schools and the administra­tor may be removed. The BCPS system does have its own police and investigat­ive unit. Superinten­dent Runcie came from Chicago, and perhaps he would have not gotten his raise if the true stats were reported. Perhaps the governor can remove him for “derelictio­n of duty.”

There was one student that (the last week of school) a couple of years ago did get a ride home in the back of a BSO cruiser because he pulled the driver air-seat connection and the bus lost its air-brakes. Referrals don’t work. Was it reported? I doubt it. It was in the “rough” school and the student threatened violence against the operator. He was still riding. Timmothy Russo, Pompano Beach

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