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TAGLIANETTI MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
GET A FAIR TRIAL IN CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTY. HE IS NOT YET ASKING FOR
A CHANGE OF VENUE.
HERE IN BUFFALO, A TEACHER IS
SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT ABOUT HIS
ASSAULT AWEEK AGO AT RIVERSIDE
HIGH SCHOOL.... NEWS 4'S GEORGE
RICHERT REPORTS RIVERSIDE HAS
SEEN MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF
CONFISCATED WEAPONS.
((MARC BRUNO-RIVERSIDE HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER-"WE HAVE TO HAVE
THE DISCUSSION. WE CANNOT
PRETEND THERE IS NOT A
PROBLEM.")) MARC BRUNO IS A
SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND UNION
REP AT RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
LAST WEEK, AFTER HE WAS
KICKED TRYING TO SUBDUE AN ANGRY
STUDENT WHO LATER WAS FOUND TO
BE
CARRYING A LARGE KNIFE, BRUNO
DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE NYS
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND
FOUND THAT RIVERSIDE STOOD
OUT...AS HAVING THE MOST WEAPONS
FOUND IN SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR
2010-2011 OF ANY BUFFALO SCHOOL,
AND THAT RANKED AS THE 11TH
HIGHEST AMONG MORE THAN 3000
SCHOOLS
OUTSIDE OF NY CITY.
((BRUNO-"THE ADMINISTRATION, THE
TEACHERS, THE SECURITY STAFF ARE
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. WE
MAY NEED MORE SECURITY, WE MIGHT
HAVE TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT WALKING
THROUGH THE METAL DETECTORS THAT
STUDENTS WALK THROUGH EVERY
DAY.")) BUT OF THE 16 WEAPONS
FOUND THAT YEAR AT RIVERSIDE,
SCHOOL OFFICIALS POINT OUT THAT
5 OF THEM WERE MACE, AND MOST OF
THE OTHERS WERE CONSIDERED PEN
KNIVES WITH BLADES LESS THAN 2
AND A HALF INCHES LONG....
((BY PHONE-WILL
KERESZTES-ASSOCIATE SUPT.,
BUFFALO SCHOOLS-"THE FACTS IN
THE DATA ALSO SHOW THAT THERE
WAS NOT A SINGLE ACT OF
MISCONDUCT AT RIVERSIDE IN WHICH
A WEAPON WAS ACTUALLY USED."))
STUDENT SUPPORT TEAMS OFTEN
WOULD LEARN THAT THE STUDENTS
WERE CARRYING THE MACE AND
KNIVES MORE FOR THEIR OWN
PROTECTION WALKING TO AND FROM
SCHOOL.
((KERESZTES-"I WANT TO BE CLEAR,
THOUGH, THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
APPLIES VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES
TO STUDENTS WHO POSSESS THESE
THINGS, BUT WE WON'T DO IT WITH
BLINDERS ON AND WE WON'T
DISREGARD THE UNDERLYING REASONS
WHY ARE STUDENTS DO THIS."))
ON WIVB.COM YOU CAN FIND A LINK
TO THE STATE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT WEBSITE THAT LISTS
EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE
STATE, HOW MANY ASSAULTS THERE