[From article]
“As chancellor, I’ve been on the job seven weeks, and there have already been 10 reported suicides. We cannot allow those,” she told 250 new principals at Stuyvesant HS during a private meeting.
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In her remarks, Fariña implored principals to identify lonely and troubled kids. She related how, as a principal, she’d single out such students for Principal for a Day activities, taking them on her Friday rounds and giving them individual encouragement.
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City Health Department stats show youth suicides are rising, with suicide the third leading cause of death for New Yorkers ages 15 to 24. In 2010, 58 people in that age group took their lives. In 2011, the toll was up to 64, and in 2012 it reached 66.
http://nypost.com/2014/03/23/student-suicides-on-the-rise-in-recent-weeks/
Student suicides on the rise in recent weeks
By Kevin Fasick and Laura Italiano And
March 23, 2014 | 2:25am
New York Post
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