ANNUAL MODEL CONGRESS EVENT AT

NEW ROCHELLE HIGH CITING SAFETY

CONCERNS.

CBS 2'S TONY AIELLO REPORTS.

Reporter: THREE WEEKS AGO

NEW ROCHELLE STUDENTS WON BEST

DELEGATION AT A MODEL CONGRESS

EVENT IN SEAFORD.

THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR

MONTHS TO WELCOME A HALF DOZEN

LONG ISLAND DELEGATIONS TO

THEIR SCHOOL NEXT MONTH BUT

THIS WEEK MOST OF THE SCHOOLS

CANCELED.

IT'S AN INJUSTICE TO DO TO

OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY.

Reporter: ANDREW AND FELLOW

NEW ROCHELLE STUDENTS FEEL LET

DOWN AND TROUBLED.

HEWLETT, LAWRENCE, OCEANSIDE,

WANTAGH AND SEAFORD HIGH

SCHOOLS ARE BOYCOTTING.

A LETTER SAYS THE SAFETY OF OUR

STUDENTS IS OUR HIGHEST

PRIORITY AND THERE'S TOO MUCH

UNCERTAINTY AT NEW ROCHELLE AT

THIS TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A

RISK, BUT IT'S SENSIBLE THAT

FEAR IS OCCURRING.

Reporter: NEW ROCHELLE

BOOSTED SECURITY AFTER A

STUDENT WAS STABBED IN THE HIGH

SCHOOL, ANOTHER KILLED DURING

AN OFF-CAMPUS FIGHT.

WE GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY

AND IT'S SAFE.

Reporter: THE LONG ISLAND

BOYCOTT FEELS LIKE BAD FAITH.

WHEN FACED WITH CHALLENGING

TIMES, PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT THE

MOST SO IT WAS DISAPPOINT.

Reporter: DO YOU FEEL LIKE

THEY MADE AN INFORMED DECISION,

DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE?

NO.

I DIDN'T HEAR ARE ANYTHING FROM

THE SCHOOLS REGARDING THEM

HAVING CONCERNS.

BY OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS NOT

ALLOWING THEIR STUDENTS TO

COME, THEY ARE DEFEATING THE

PURPOSE OF MODEL CONGRESS BY

NOT FINDING OUT ALL THE FACTS

ABOUT THE SCHOOL, ABOUT HEARING

FROM OUR STUDENTS.

Reporter: THEY ARE URGING

THE LONG ISLAND SCHOOLS TO

RECONSIDER.

TONY AIELLO, CBS 2 NEWS.

NEW ROCHELLE IS INVITING

THOSE LONG ISLAND MODEL