P.S. 229 parents and students rally to bring back veteran security guard
A community’s fight to bring a beloved school security guard back was on display on the frigid morning of Friday, January 23, as, outside P.S. 229, dozens of parents and children held a rally to support Kevin Rodgers, who had been working as a security guard at the Bensonhurst school since 1989.
Rodgers was recently transferred to another Brooklyn school, leaving parents and students upset and determined to bring him back.
Starting at 7:30 a.m., the spirited kids and parents held signs and circled the building, chanting “We want Mr. Rodgers Back!”