'Violence Involving Weapons\r'

'The Board of direction has removed the principal of the strike Martin Luther tabby Jr. High School later on a spate of violence involving weapons at the give lessons. approximately recently, on Friday, a pupil sneaked a glossa into the bustling five-story building and threatened a nonher student. The removal of the principal, Ronald Williams Wells, came almost three weeks later on a lambast of students, teachers and administrators dashed from the building and for cover in classrooms when a man shot two students in what appeared to be a dispute over a girl.\r\nThe school is at West 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, a block from Lincoln Center. On Friday, two students were arrested subsequently one student displayed a f sometime(a)ing spit during an argument. He passed it to a second student later on security officers arrived to break up the fight. The first student sneaked the knife into the building by passing it inner a book bag through the schools weapons scanner. M artin Luther King school officials did not call th! e Board of Education until hours later, said Catie marshall.\r\nThe Board of Education requires school administrators to call the mounts emergency information core immediately after such incidents. During an investigation into the quantify of the report, Tony Sawyer, the Manhattan high school superintendent, removed Mr. Wells Ms. Marshall said. The New York Post first reported the vent yesterday. Mr. Wells has been replaced by Steve Gutman, a 36-year veteran of the governing body who retired in September but came back to the board at Mr. Sawyers request. Mr. Wellss new assignment has not been announced. after the Jan. 5 shootings, Mr. Wells came under criticism for not being at work.\r\nHe was on responsibleness with the National Guard that day. Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy, who toured the building after the shooting, found that some people who were not enrolled in courses were carrying photo identification cards. The s chool has had its share of hold out in the nearly three decades since it opened. Efforts to improve the course of instruction have faltered, and principals have quit. Next year, the school †which is large, with around 3,000 students †will be divided into two littler academies.\r\nThe removal of a principal cannot be seen as having fixed the problem,” said C. Virginia Fields, the Manhattan borough president, who is a member of the working class force working to phase out the old school. â€Å"There is much work to be done. We bring to address safety and security, as well as other concerns that have been raised, including academics and student selection. ” My opinion on the whole thing is that the school made the expert decision to remove the princible from the school. For one reason what if something happened over again like Columbine. That would not be good.\r\n'