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Parents and officials from a Longueuil elementary school are raising concerns about a large homeless encampment down the street from the school’s playground.
The encampment has been in place outside Ecole des Petits-Explorateurs elementary school on Bourassa Street in Vieux-Longueuil for about a year, but the school’s principal Chantal Fortin said within the last few weeks, the tent city has expanded in size.
It now numbers about 20 to 30 tents in size.
“This winter it just became out of control. Tents were growing everywhere. We were dropping [off] our kids next to a tent and people were sleeping there so kids are feeling worried they’re going to wake them up,” said parent Alexandra Oberson.
Fortin also claimed there have been “incidents” between the homeless community there and students, but would not provide more details.
Oberson said she knows it’s a complex issue, but the bottom line is kids have …
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