Students in predominantly white school districts do not have to deal with this to get to school. And in Detroit’s
past, this was unheard of. This does not mean there were never student fights, but it was not a fight to make it
to school daily. A complainant states that at one EAA high school, gang activity is so bad that students are
assaulted regularly even INSIDE the school. This was not occurring before Governor Snyder seized the school.
A resident explains how he helps family members who have no car and little money for a cab to traverse the
EAA High School area the Governor created to get to a Detroit Public Elementary School program:
“Schools are too far apart for many students to travel by themselves safely or conveniently
(and) everyone in my family counts on me ….. to get children to their school because there is
not a school in their area. My niece’s children, who live (in) 48235 need me to drive from my
home to their’s first. They do not walk because the neighborhood is too rough (for)a young
woman and two small children (to) walk early in the morning in the dark crossing over a
freeway to get to Pre-School. It is better to let the kids stay home although it is a terrible
option, it is better than being killed (when) 48235, has 637% more personal crime than Detroit
Metro and when compared to that of United States, 48235 is 376% above the national
average.” 15
In a community where 61%