Bronx school administrators were silent on illegal weapon placed in student backpack

A former after-school program employee brought metal knuckles to a New York City public school and placed them in a student backpack. He later retrieved the illegal weapon by identifying the student using surveillance footage, calling the student’s mother and personally retrieving the knuckles from the student’s home.

Administrators at Astor Collegiate Academy in the Bronx were recommended for discipline by the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District, but continue to be employed by the school. It’s unclear what disciplinary action they received for failing to report the incident for roughly two weeks.