It’s time for a ‘broken windows’ policy for schools
What will it take to bring back a semblance of order to our schools?
A few weeks ago, an 11-year-old girl was beaten by a group of students at the Mark Twain Intermediate School for the Gifted and Talented in Brooklyn.
Now her attackers have posted a video of the beating and they continue tormenting her.
She has to be escorted around the school by a bodyguard.
And what punishment has been meted out to the perpetrators?
The school has conducted “wellness check-ins” and offered “restorative mediation” sessions, according to the city Department of Education.
Here’s one thing you can bet: this is not the first time these kids have attacked another child and it won’t be the last.
