They're big tables . They could fall. There are no ropes tying them together. There's no locks. Anne Simms, who lives in the neighborhood and had been walking by when parents and TV news crews converged on the school, said she took her son out of Disston last year over concerns that the children were not being properly supervised.
Books fly out of the windows.
Another parent said that although children were not rushed to finish lunch, there were too few adults to watch them. It's total chaos. This was just a matter of time. On Edmund Street, neighbors said the boy's mother has had much tragedy in her life. Angeline Uberti's ex-husband and parents had all died in the past two years, neighbors said.