The households of two boys who drowned in Jamaica Bay whereas chopping class final week have been knowledgeable their youngsters weren’t in class greater than an hour earlier than the tragedy, training officers stated Monday.
Officers at MS 137 had notified the grieving households of Daniel Persaud and Ryan Wong that the 13-year-olds have been skipping faculty via a robocall at 10:30 a.m. Friday — earlier than their 11:40 a.m. drownings, the Division of Schooling stated in an announcement.
A second name was then made by the college to the households once more at 7 p.m., the DOE stated.
Persaud’s heartbroken mother had informed The Publish on Sunday that she wasn’t notified her son reduce faculty till 7 p.m. — lengthy after he was useless.
She stated her son reduce at the least three lessons that morning.
“The MS 137 faculty group, together with the remainder of New York Metropolis, continues to mourn the tragic lack of these two college students,” the DOE’s assertion stated. “Making certain that households are knowledgeable of their youngsters’s whereabouts is a prime precedence for the Division of Schooling.
“At MS 137, robocalls are disseminated to the households of scholars who don't seem at college, as soon as at 10:30 a.m. and once more at 7 p.m.
“On Friday, June 10, a robocall was delivered to the households of each college students at 10:30 a.m. informing them that their college students weren't in class. Now we have confirmed that the messages have been obtained — both by voicemail or somebody selecting up the cellphone.”
Daniel and Ryan have been swimming within the bay close to Seashore 96th Road and Cross Bay Boulevard when a sandbar gave approach below them and so they went below.
Each have been later rushed to Jamaica Hospital, the place they have been pronounced useless.
Kin described each teenagers as studious and quiet younger males.
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