Brooklyn school throws children's books, computer printers in the trash
Monday, September 6th 2010, 4:00 AM
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Public School261 in Boerum Hill threw away a pile of children's books with the garbage.One Brooklyn elementary school got ready for the first day of class by tossing bags of children's books in the trash.
About 200 titles - most in good condition - were lumped with a huge heap of garbage on the sidewalk behind Public School261 in Boerum Hill.
"I am appalled," said Teresa Melendez, a mom of first- and fifth-graders at the school and a PTA member. She said the school library
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