Residents say proposed move will bring safety issues, gun violence
Justin Murphy
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK
University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men CEO Walter Larkin Jr. knew there would be a serious review process before the town of Irondequoit approved the Rochester high school’s move to a property on East Ridge Road. The school hired lawyers, engineers and consultants to deal with required traffic and environmental impact studies.
Larkin did not, however, anticipate the vitriol that the proposal would receive from residents, in comments and at public meetings, he said.
One resident listed some perceived problems from neighbors’ perspective: “Increased traffic, vastly increased crime, likely gun violence, decreased
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property values … (and) danger to neighborhood children due to not only increased traffic but also crime.” Another warned of “enormous low test scores, larceny assault drug use,” among other things.