{"id":227165,"date":"2021-04-15T02:39:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T23:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/special-needs-students-face-hazards-in-city-school-buildings-audit-shows\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T02:39:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T23:39:58","slug":"special-needs-students-face-hazards-in-city-school-buildings-audit-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/special-needs-students-face-hazards-in-city-school-buildings-audit-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Special needs students face hazards in city school buildings, audit shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Special needs students face hazards in city school buildings, audit shows<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The city\u2019s 26,000 special needs students are enrolled in schools buildings with hazardous and unsafe conditions \u2014 including peeling paint, disabled door alarms, cracked playground and a shortage of EpiPens, a scathing audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found.<\/p>\n

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli\u2019s audit revealed three schools lacked window guards.
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NYS Comptroller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The probe also found inaccessible water fountains, unguarded windows and broken urinals among other health and safety woes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York City Department of Education is not doing enough to ensure the safety and health of its most vulnerable students,\u201d DiNapoli said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is completely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli\u2019s audit found P.S. 882 in Queens has a gymnasium floor that \u201cputs students at risk of trip<\/a>ping and falling.\u201d
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NYS Comptroller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DiNapoli launched the probe following a Post expose on harrowing conditions at a Queens school for disabled kids. <\/p>\n

At seven of the 29 schools visited between 2018 and 2020, inspectors observed peeling paint in some classrooms, hallways. a gymnasium, and a nurse\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli\u2019s audit found five schools observed had unsafe play areas \u2014 including cracks in playground pavement.
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NYS Comptroller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five of those schools have students in kindergarten and\/or pre-kindergarten classes: P.S. 369 and P.S. 368 inside the facility shared with PS. 120 in Brooklyn; P.S. 352 in the Bronx, P.S. 811 in Queens, and P.S. 373 in Staten Island.<\/p>\n

The audit said toxic lead is a concern because it can cause brain damage in young children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe remaining two schools \u2013 P.S. 12 and P.S. 754 in the Bronx \u2013 do not have kindergarten and pre-kindergarten students; however, given the various routes and consequences of lead exposure, conditions at these schools may pose risks to all students and staff,\u201d the audit said.<\/p>\n

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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is scolding the Department of Education for leaving \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d conditions in schools enrolling special needs students.
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NYS Comptroller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Special education schools are overseen by the city Department of Education\u2019s District 75.<\/p>\n

The findings include:<\/p>\n