Welcome to another edition of the Bronx News Roundup. These are stories we’re following today.

Weather forecast: Snow and sleet tonight followed by rain tomorrow.

On Sunday in Concourse Village, a fire fueled in part by a gas tank left over from Hurricane Sandy took the life of 7-year-old Hazel Martinez, DNAinfo reports. Meanwhile, Hazel’s half-sister Hailey suffered serious injuries from smoke inhalation. The fire reportedly sparked at a pinched gas line to a newly installed stove and then accelerated when it reached the portable gas tank.

For those looking for insight into the Department of Education’s reform policy of breaking down large, comprehensive high schools and replacing them with smaller, themed schools, the NY Times delves deep into what’s happened at Adlai Stevenson High School. The large Castle Hill school was phased out starting in 2004 and is now home to nine separate small schools — some are succeeding, some are not. The article tackles the overarching problem of educating students in Bronx public schools — small or large — from several angles. Since 2002, the city has closed and begun to phase out 22 Bronx high schools (63 citywide). Last week, the DOE approved a plan to put two small high schools inside DeWitt Clinton, the borough’s last large high school (aside from Bronx Science). This piece sheds light on what Clinton could look like if the DOE’s reform strategy continues.

The principal at PS 132 in the Bronx is being scrutinized and criticized for her outside-of-school role in a gangster movie, ABC News reports.

Meet Marlon Molina, a veteran Bronx organizer who created the Bronx Volunteer Coalition. [Bronx Times]

Kevin Spellman, the retired NYPD detective who killed a woman while driving drunk in Riverdale, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison, the Times reports.

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