At School in Harlem, Resentment Over Girl’s Drowning on a Field Trip
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: July 15, 2010
As the academic year at Columbia Secondary School in Harlem drew to a close, students, parents and teachers reeled from the death of a 12-year-old pupil on a class field trip to a beach last month.
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But feelings of grief have turned into anger after an inquiry by city investigators that faulted the middle school for the way it had organized and supervised the outing, which ended with the drowning of Nicole Suriel on a Long Island beach that had been closed and where no lifeguard was on duty.
Hours after a report by the city’s Special Commissioner of Investigation was released on Wednesday, Erin Bailey, the first-year teacher who chaperoned the trip, was fired, and the
Teacher Fired Over Field-Trip Drowning of Girl, 12
By JENNIFER MEDINA
An investigation found the trip was poorly planned and said a chaperon should have noticed there were no lifeguards on the beach.
Document: Special Commissioner's Letter (pdf)
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