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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Sat Apr 9, 2016, 09:06 AM Apr 2016

EXCLUSIVE: NYC security guard funding plan for religious, private schools

The city is sending letters to religious and private schools outlining how it will pay for security guards.

Opponents said the city shouldn’t be using tax dollars to secure private schools.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-nyc-plan-private-school-security-guard-cost-article-1.2584776

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EXCLUSIVE: NYC security guard funding plan for religious, private schools (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 OP

Think of it this way: They're not securing the schools, they're securing the children. WillowTree Apr 2016 #1

Private school? mac2766 Apr 2016 #2

Speaking as a retired schoolteacher, MurrayDelph Apr 2016 #3

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)

1. Think of it this way: They're not securing the schools, they're securing the children.

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Sat Apr 9, 2016, 09:23 AM

Apr 2016

mac2766

(658 posts)

2. Private school?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 10:38 AM

Apr 2016

Doesn't sound like it to me. I don't believe a single cent of public money should ever be given to a school that claims to be private. If we allow tax dollars to go to a school, we then, should have a say in how the school is run. It just isn't private when public money is used to support it.

Same goes for "private" prisons. How are they private, when it's public money that is used to fund them?

Insanity.

MurrayDelph

(5,300 posts)

3. Speaking as a retired schoolteacher,

Reply to mac2766 (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 03:12 PM

Apr 2016

I agree, but with a caveat:

We should not provide them with any additional security above and beyond what is given to any private citizen or company.
If they have an acute need, then they have a right to police protection. But any pre-need protection should be considered a cost of doing business, and they should pay for it.

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