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August
YOU PAY FOR SCHOOL ASSAULTS (Settlements cost city $18.7M over five years)
Taxpayers are getting socked for the hundreds of shocking sexual attacks and other assaults committed against kids in public schools, shelling out $18.7 million to victims over the past five years, according to city records. There are 110 sex assault cases filed since 1999 that are still pending. Here are some of the things the $18.7 million spent settling school-attack lawsuits could buy:
– 284 veteran teachers.
– Summer school for 40,000 kids.
– Half-day pre-kindergarten classes for 5,000 kids.
– 180 library books for every elementary and middle school