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'Kids run wild, teachers are scared' at Brooklyn high school founded by borough president

'Kids run wild, teachers are scared' at Brooklyn high school founded by borough president

'Kids run wild, teachers are scared' at Brooklyn high school founded by borough president

Monday, August 8th 2011, 4:00 AM

The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance at 125 Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn is considered the most dangerous school in New York City.
Anthony DelMundo for News
The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance at 125 Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn is considered the most dangerous school in New York City.

A Brooklyn high school co-founded by Borough President Marty Markowitz is one of the most dangerous places to learn, a new Education Department survey shows.

Students at the Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance in Bedford-Stuyvesant face routine bullying, gang activity and a generally unsafe campus, according to the city's 2011 School Survey.

"The kids run wild, and the teachers are scared," said an administrator at the high school who asked to remain anonymous.

"It's like there are no rules here at all," she added.

Only half of parents of students at the school feel their child is safe, and 41% said



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