Here are the stories Breaking Bronx is following today:

Mott Haven Herald Editor Bernard Stein says “It’s about time” the Bronx joined the Occupy Wall Street movement.

At a meeting with District 7 parents last night, Chancellor Walcott defended the Special Education Student Information System, downplaying concerns that it left out some special needs students. Called SESIS, the web-based system was created to track information about students with disabilities, but teachers say the system is a burden to use. Last night’s meeting was part of a law requiring the Chancellor to visit each of the city’s 33 districts in a two-year period.

Bronx cop José Ramos is being investigated for fixing tickets in exchange for receiving stolen goods — including a flat screen TV. Ramos was caught through a wiretap while in conversation with Harry Mingo, a friend with several charges on his record including forgery, larceny, and possession of stolen property. Ramos was also the subject of an Internal Affairs investigation over his relationship with alleged drug dealer Lee King, aka Marco Mack.

Seeking life stories and mementos that embody the borough’s Latino population, the Bronx County Historical Society has begun a project to record and bring life to Latino history of the Bronx. According to the 2010 census, Hispanics now make up 53.3% of the borough’s population. To launch the effort which is slated to be complete by next year, the historical society has installed a small exhibit called “Latinos in the Bronx” at the Museum of Bronx History, which will run through the end of this month.

While Zuccotti Park at Wall Street has received swells of attention for its need to be cleaned, city parks on the other end of the 4 train in the Bronx have notoriously been left neglected. Aqueduct Park, which has been left unkempt for years, was found “unacceptable” by the Parks Department, and while 90 percent of Manhattan parks are deemed clean by the Department, just 75.4 percent of Bronx parks were, according to Parks.

According to a rough estimate by the city of New York, the number of people living on the streets of the Bronx (not in homeless shelters) has dropped roughly 80 percent since 2005. In combination with opening new and smaller shelters under the name Safe Havens, the Bloomberg administration has also contracted non-profit groups to search the streets seven days a week around the clock, persuading homeless people to move to a shelter. Bronx Works is the non-profit contractor here in the Boogie Down.

After eight months of construction, the Elder Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue stops on the 6 train are reopened, ending the free bus service MTA provided riders with in replacement of the trains. The renovations include mezzanine face-lifts, new platforms, and better lighting systems.