Violence in city schools are getting out of control. It is being reported that a New York City Principal was beaten by a student after asking to turn down music playing on his headphones.
According to the New York Post, Dr.Matthew Tossman, principal of the Murray Bergtraum High School Campus was beaten on Monday by student Luis Penzo for asking him to turn down his music playing on his headphones.
The principal who was reportedly knocked out, promised he would be back in a letter addressed to kids at Manhattan Early College School for Advertising.
"As many of you know, I was injured yesterday during an incident at school," Tossman writes. "I am writing to thank you for the outpouring of support that I received from this community; your phone calls, emails, and kind words have lifted my spirits."
The publication reports that Penzo was in the hallway blasting music from his headphones when Tossman asked him to turn it down.When Penzo refused, Tossman tried to remove them. Police say that the student cold-cocked the principal, and continue to punch him after he was down.
Penzo was arraigned on charges of second degree assault and held on $5,000 bail. His lawyer claims that he is acting out becaus ehis mother dies of a brain aneurysm in his arms last year.
Many students have come forward speaking on the violence in the school. The business-themed campus which houses four different schools is simply going down the drain.
“They should just shut the school down,” said Dashawn Reid, 15.
She pointed to an arrest on Oct. 7 of a student who came to school stinking of weed and carrying a gun in his backpack.
“This school isn’t going to get any better,” she complained.
Fellow freshman Blue Cooper, 15, agreed.
“This is just crazy. You see the side of the school from the BK bridge and it says Murray Bertgraum school for business and careers. And it’s got nothing to do with business and careers.”
School officials have not spoken out about the incident.
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