Coral Springs Comission Closes High School Dorm
After hearing the impassioned pleas of almost 50 students, teachers, parents and Chabad rabbis, the Coral Springs City Commission denied by a 4-1 vote Chabad Rohr Bais Chaya Academy’s request to operate its controversial girls’ dormitory in a residential neighborhood.
“The use of the property is the issue,” Commissioner Larry Vignola said before the vote. “It’s not about the girls. It’s not about religious beliefs.”
Vignola said the commissioners have to look at how the dormitory affects its neighbors.
Neighbors complained about noise coming from the dorm at night, hearing girls talking on their cell phones, trash and the school’s bus backing into yards at a planning and zoning board hearing last month. The board ruled in favor of the school by a 4-1 vote.
The city had recommended that the seven-year-old dorm at 8793 NW 35th St., closed in June for safety violations, not receive a special exception to operate because it is “detrimental to the area” and “inconsistent with the general public welfare.”
Pieces of garbage
That Coral Springs City Board is a bunch of Nazis
proud parent of an RBCA student
Oh no! This is terrible! What are the recourses now???
need more info...
why is this a “controversial” girl’s dormitory?
Lisa
Just terrible
chamira sakanta me isura DO SOMETHING
Where is the achrayas of this school towards our children and on top of it the Rabbi feels they should remain there in unsafe situation?
If G-d forbid something bad happened no one would know it was their fault for putting our children up in an unsafe place — we would all say AD MOSAI it’s all for the good and make a collection fund or a tehillim club for the maimed!!!!
Shoimu Shamyaim.
Where is the head shlioack Korf???
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Mayor Roy Gold mentioned “life safety issues” created when the apartments were converted to a dormitory. A concrete wall was removed and balcony exits were covered, Gold said. “I hope you realize it wasn’t appropriate. It was dangerous.”
Denburg was upset with the commission’s decision. “The commission can’t tell us how much they love us and want to work with us and give us the cold shoulder,” he said after the vote.
chamira sakanta me isura DO SOMETHING
Where is the achrayas of this school towards our children and on top of it the Rabbi feels they should remain there in unsafe situation?
If G-d forbid something bad happened no one would know it was their fault for putting our children up in an unsafe place — we would all say AD MOSAI it’s all for the good and make a collection fund or a tehillim club for the maimed!!!!
Shoimu Shamyaim.
Where is the head shlioack Korf???
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Mayor Roy Gold mentioned “life safety issues” created when the apartments were converted to a dormitory. A concrete wall was removed and balcony exits were covered, Gold said. “I hope you realize it wasn’t appropriate. It was dangerous.”
Denburg was upset with the commission’s decision. “The commission can’t tell us how much they love us and want to work with us and give us the cold shoulder,” he said after the vote.
Excited New Parent
I just registered my daughter for next year 5774 as they are already filling up! It’s an amazing program and I spoke to some of the girls who attend and they are having a fabulous year.
Anon
#1, if a school moved into your neighborhood and you felt it had a negative impact on your life, would you be okay being called a Nazi?
By using it so casually you’re taking away the power of the word and minimizing the historical significance, the suffering of the victims.
When things like this happen, be honest with yourselves about the impact on neighborhoods because yes, a lot of trash is produced by schools and religious institutions. Instead of fighting, find a solution and work with the neighborhood to minimize environmental/noise impact instead of railroading and expecting people to put up with it.
Stop cutting corners
This dorm is in a terrible neighborhood and THANK G-D the city did what is best for the girls, closed down a place that was built without permits in a place where the girls are lucky each morning that they wake up safe.
We need to stop cutting corners and we need to stop blaming the city for doing things that they should never have been put in the situation to have to deal with in the first place. Shame on M. Rabin and shame on Y Denburg for making a chilul hashem like this!
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YEAH!! i agree. They should NOT have made a chilul Hashem. If they would have gotten permission from the city to have the dorm, the girls and their parents would suffer from less anxiety, and the city would not have looked down on us.
motty
Hearing girls talking on the phone. Is that all they can come up with
Me
Why not print the whole article to get the real story
GG
Comment #1 ought to be removed. If nothing else, it is demeaning to those killed in the Holocaust, as if what they underwent is no worse than a zoning ruling.
so sad
This is the saddest news I’ve heard.
I visited the dorm during the 4 yrs my daughter had attended at various times including late at night and never did I hear any such noise. This is a disgrace!
If there are other options please let the alumni know because I’m sure we will all help.
Dear #1
Obviously you have never seen the dorm
Shame on Beis Chaya
Its not anti semetism when the schools NEGLIGENCE got them in trouble to begin with! You have no idea what they are doing to the community now, begging people to tak these girls into their homes for FREE of charge because they cut corners and didt get permits for the dorms. Shame on them for putting those girls lives on the line and shame on them for acting like the city is the “bad guy”.
inquiring mind
what else are they cutting behind parents back
David Karpel
Commenters #9 and #15: your self-righteous lashing out is unbecoming and shameful. Your obvious agenda is not hidden by your “expertise” in the matter.
I and many others in the CS community live in the same neighborhood as the dorm. I have friends living in particular parts of Broward and Dade where they feel they need to carry concealed weapons, even on Shabbos. I know of yidden in Crown Heights who feel the same. Shouldn’t we all be thanking Hashem every morning we wake up safe? Surely the crime rate in our city has gone up and the neighborhood isn’t the greatest, but the dorm was there without incident for 7 years.
Mistakes were made, the school cut corners, profusely apologized, and asked the city to consider giving permission to refurbish the dorm up to the highest safety standards and to have an open door to regular inspection. The request was for the future. This was APPROVED by the Planning and Zoning Board by a 4-1 margin. The City Commission heard the same evidence and turned the school down. This is not anti-Semitism, it’s politics. It is representative democracy in action. They decided not to consider what we could do to improve the situation but what some of the landlords and neighbors felt. We may disagree, but that’s what happened. As my own son said, “Ta, obviously Hashem doesn’t think the dorm should be there either.”
The community rallied around the school and is supporting the mission of the school with tremendous koach. What the rabbis and school administrators have done for the community is nothing less than beautiful. Every community should have something that brings them together so strongly!
Out of darkness comes light. WE ARE MOVING ON with plans. Meanwhile our school continues to give our girls the best Lubavitch Jewish girls’ education in the world. Our staff is professional and growing. Our student body continues to grow and our alumni succeed in all areas.
I am a teacher at RBCA and proudly display my name. You have something to say, stand behind your words.
bais chaya student
go mr karpel11!!
Yonah Dovid
I am a Jew living in Coral Springs. Many people, including myself, live here because of the strict zoning and code enforcement. Simply put, this facility existed illegally for years. Can you imagine what could have been if there was a fire? Things like that happen all the time. Building codes exist for a reason; don’t try to play the anti-Semitism card on this one. Next time, build a proper facility, in the proper location; do it legally and strictly by the book. This was not politics as put by a previous commenter. You broke the law and got caught. Be thankful that’s all that happened. Just because you apologized doesn’t make it all better.