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Frank Bee Enterprises of New York
Frank Bee Enterprises, Inc. first
opened in the New York area in
1956 with the intent to provide school
uniforms for young New York children.
Since its inception, the school-uniform
retailer has expanded greatly, thanks
to the internet, and today services schools
Above, Craig Baker, owner of
Frank Bee Enterprises, Inc.
in Europe, and most recently Nigeria.
While Frank Bee continues to supply
parochial schools in the New York area, it
has been expanding tremendously and is
looking to further advance in the coming
years.
Within the 3,000 square-foot store are
Royal Park, Elder, Blueberry, Newco
brands with school blouses, trousers
and ties the most requested pieces.
Although back-to-school season
occurs only once a year, Frank Bee
Enterprises reports that customers
shop for uniforms approximately four
times per year and spend an average
of $75.00 per visit. To accommodate
the growing numbers during the last
few days of the summer, and for
mothers shopping for kids throughout
the year, Frank Bee Enterprises
offers exceptional service and quality
pieces.
“I’ve noticed there are more lastminute
shoppers in recent seasons,”
said Craig Baker, president of Frank
Bee Enterprises. “With that in mind,
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we offer fitting specialists and a
tailor.”
In catering to the school
industry, Frank Bee Enterprises
also offers school classroom, preschool
nap mats and rest cots for
day-care facility, preschool and
home use. In addition, the uniform
retailer sells school uniform’s
to fit any 18 inch doll.
Frank Bee currently offers this
style of uniform in a variety of
plaids to match young girls’ uniforms.
Frank Bee Enterprises, Inc. is
located at: 3439 East Tremont
Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465. They
can be contacted at (718) 823-
9475 or uniforms@msn.com.
Frank Bee is open Mon.–Sat.
9am–6pm and Sun. 10am–4pm.
For more information, go to
Frank Bee’s website at
www.schooluniforms.com. SU
Above, school uniforms and Girl Scout
apparel sold at Frank Bee Enterprises, Inc.
Below, Frank Bee employees (left to right) Richard McMannus, sales manager;
Jeanette Taite, bookkeeper; Jessica Balseta, store manager; Tiffany Ramirez,
customer service employee; and Desire Barrett, customer service employee.
From the Publisher
Nick and Victoria Monjo
It seems every few months a troubled teen borrows an automatic
weapon and walks into his school (okay, this time it
was a mall in Omaha) and blasts away at the kids who
teased him or the teacher who gave him an F.
Schools are stressful places and will always be. That some
tiny percentage of students will occasionally explode in violence
is an unfortunate certainty. And this kind of violence
may happen in any school, and no amount of counseling or
screening can, apparently, predict a catastrophe.
School apparel makers have always offered their version
of protection. Uniforms themselves, for example, have been
shown to lower outbreaks of violence in some schools. It can
be as simple as moving students out of their gang colors and
into outfits that all look the same. Soon after uniforms
became popular in schools, apparel makers offered clear and
mesh back packs that made it easier for school officials to
spot weapons.
The latest innovations take personal security even further:
bullet-proof back packs, stab-proof school uniforms and
uniforms which contain devices that allow radio tracking of
students.
In this issue we provide a discussion of this new generation
of special school uniforms. We talked to both the makers
of this new gear and to those producers who have not yet
gone this far.
In the end, while this approach may make some parents
feel a little more comfortable sending their kids off to high
school, we believe a greater degree of true safety can only be
found in the airport approach.
As a citizen of New York City, where visitors even to the
Empire State Building (not to mention many other locations
which never before had such devices) must pass
through metal detectors, I am comfortable with that
method of protecting those inside a school. Yes, it’s costly
and does suggest the schools have become something a lot
more dangerous than a place of learning. But in the end, is
this not but a logical and practical reaction to the way our
world has changed? — Nick Monjo
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