Only on CBS2: Don't miss our very own MKramerTV's exclusive interview with New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks ahead of back-to-school tomorrow.
-- When New York City students start classes this week, they will have a new way of learning to read, a focus on the arts and, in these uncertain times, a teaching staff that has received special training to deal with the unthinkable -- the possibility of a gunman getting into a school.for a back-to-school interview you'll see only on CBS2.
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas -- they are names that spell fear and anxiety for parents, teachers and school administrators everywhere. But here in New York City, Banks is determined to make sure every school is prepared. He told Kramer that safety agents and school administrators took part in stepped-up active shooter drills and training.
"They touched on it before, but not at the level that we're doing it now. Because the reality of what we're seeing across the nation is real. And so the, the training now is a, is a very enhanced level of training that we think is taking advantage of everything that we've been seeing, the latest technology, and what we can do to best be prepared," he said.
The chancellor also told Kramer there will be more school safety agents in the schools. Two hundred recently graduated from the police academy and another class is right behind them.NYC school safety union president calls for random weapons screening at all city public schools"We have been disturbed by the number of weapons that we have seen during the last couple of years, of kids, you know, bringing weapons to school," Banks said.
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