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Families and program leaders ask Houston to boost security at West Gray Multi-Service Center
Summary
Parents, program staff and council members raised safety concerns about the West Gray Multi-Service Center, saying increasing numbers of unhoused individuals and disruptive behavior outside the facility have created a potential risk to children and people with disabilities who use programs there.
Parents, program staff and council members urged the city on Feb. 4 to add security and staffing at the West Gray Multi-Service Center after multiple speakers said recent incidents outside the facility had raised safety concerns for program participants.
Eileen Edmonds, associate director of education for Theatre Under The Stars, said the River program and other activities for students with disabilities meet at West Gray and that "it's reached a tipping point" because people she described as unhoused and possibly mentally ill now regularly reside on nearby grounds. Edmonds said park rangers once contacted an…
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