This is completely reckless. You cant just mix random people in with elementary kids and hope for the best. Keep the shelter away from the school grounds.

As a Christian, grandmother, and supporter of St. John school, I am very opposed to this idea. The safety of our children, teachers, and parents are in the forefront. Please do not let this go forward in this manner.

There needs to be a clear firewall between the SJE children and the homeless.

As an employee of Saint Francis High School I have to go to rigerous screening and background checks in order to even step on campus to interact with our Student Athletes, I firmly believe the Catholic Church has set forth these standards to protect our children. Any Catholic campus, in order to set a high standard of protection for our children as well as protecting the dedicated Staff should require these high standards to remain in effect for any adult on a campus which serves children. The idea and plan to have people reside in a Catholic School setting should require even more rigerous standards of medical and mental testing as well as a complete back ground and fingerprint check to ensure the continued safety of the children and staff who attend any school location through out the school year. To not go to extreme measures when planning to house overnight guests on a school campus would prove wildly negligent and putting students and staff at an unnecessary risk during the duration of the housing. While one can appreciate the desire to help, to add any element to SJE a Catholic School that may make our families who seek and pay for a Catholic education, feel that their children maybe not be at a school where their safety and care is the top priority is risky and disregard for parents concerns is completely shortsighted. Voluntarily putting any child at risk is a chance that the Catholic Schools cannot comprise on. If the safety and health of the Children and Staff cannot be guaranteed, which this plan cannot, then I pray that the safety of all SJE children and Staff be put in front of this plan. What is further disturbing is that this plan was not discussed with families of the School prior to consenting the duel use of school facilities to house homeless nor was the CSAC board prior enlightened on this controversial plan and the decision to simply implement this plan with out discussion and input from school families shows a complete disregard for the s

CURE OR ENABLE? Before addressing the symptoms (vagrancy, more and more Homeless sleeping in parking lots, businesses, public areas, cars, begging ,, in need.....) Do you think we should try and CURE the problem with a proven path to recovery or do we continue to allow this to manufest itself and grow by addressing symptoms. Enabling and supporting the Homeless lifestyle is a grave travesty! Unintended consequences often worsen the problem, and cause even more homeless issues in our neighborhoods. And even greater Homeless migration to those who support that lifestyle and NOT the cure. Effectively Treating the Homeless by identifying and providing requisite solutions to their core problems (mental illness and substance abuse, etc) will begin to cure those problems and provide these brothers and sisters a path to recovery and productivity. If we don't address their problems and begin to CURE them we keep Homeless on the street and inflate the stress, strain, blight and crime in our neighborhoods. Haven't we already learned that providing just a refuge, money, food and shelter without addressing their core problem only exasperates the Homelessness, attracts even more vagrancy, crime, loitering etc?? Loaves and Fishes has the facility, the trained staff, the programs, the resources & the track record to effectively address the Homeless' problems, initiate the path to cure and productivity, But, the Homeless are not seeking the CURE...., they don't want Loaves and Fishes, they want to sustain their lifestyle. CURE or Enable? What are the consequences? Have you noticed what happens in evenings at Carmichael Park (the congregation of Homeless with bikes and backpacks) The van they've been waiting for finally arrives. Homeless empty their backpacks of "goods"and the "Trades" take place in broad daylight........Where did those goods come from? Why would we enable this behavior?

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