Editor:
Dear SMMUSD School Board,
I read the SMDP Friday Crime Watch and was disturbed to know that our Samohi students were threatened with a gun near Seventh and Pico on May 23. My children walk that way to and from the high school. Samohi should demand a stepped-up patrol around the high school. The school day does not end at 3:30 p.m. My son finishes at 7 p.m. most nights. This gang member brandished a gun near the high school. We already had a shooting within two blocks of the high school. Why are you waiting for worse to happen?
Dr. Lisette Gold
Santa Monica
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 23, 2012. Read the original PDF.