Newport News: Staff were alerted six-year-old may have had a weapon

[Scott]

A staff member at the Virginia school where a six-year-old boy allegedly shot his teacher last week had been alerted before the shooting that the child might have a weapon, an official said.

The boy's bag was searched, but no weapon was found, Richneck Elementary school superintendent George Parker told parents.

First-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner was left with serious injuries after police say the boy shot her "intentionally".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64252261

[Scott]

Also of interest:

 

Newport News: What happens to a six-year-old who shoots someone?

This time, a six-year-old student allegedly shot his teacher with a handgun at a Virginia elementary school, in what police described as an "intentional" shooting.

The alleged perpetrator's young age has added a gut-punch twist to an already tragic scenario. The case has forced local leaders, police, and gun violence experts to confront a horrific question: What happens when a first grader shoots someone?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64218521

[Tug]

The teacher Abby continues to improve id suggest whoever searched the little monster needs more training at the very least 

[Emdog]

3 hours ago, Tug said:

The teacher Abby continues to improve id suggest whoever searched the little monster needs more training at the very least 

Perhaps, but do bear in mind that teachers training usually involves training them how to teach, not how to be security guards. There are already a ridiculous number of services teachers are expected to perform that it is a wonder any teaching gets done at all

BTW I was a teacher, most inner city gangstas. Several times my teen age charges had guns on them. Luckily I didn't know it at the time.

What would you do if you found out a student in your class had a gun? demand it be handed over? Would if they don't? then what?

[Sheryl]

1 minute ago, Emdog said:

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What would you do if you found out a student in your class had a gun? demand it be handed over? Would if they don't? then what?

Exactly what happened in this case. 

[Scott]

School administrators were warned 6-year-old had a gun before he allegedly shot Newport News teacher, lawyer says

 

 

Administrators at the Newport News, Virginia, elementary school where a teacher was allegedly shot by a 6-year-old earlier this month were warned the day of the shooting that the child had a gun, according to the teacher’s lawyer.

“Over the course of a few hours, three different times – three times – school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people,” Diane Toscano, an attorney for the teacher, Abby Zwerner, told reporters in a news conference Wednesday. “But the administration could not be bothered.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/newport-news-virginia-school-board-superintendent-vote/index.html

 

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[Scott]

School board votes to cut ties with superintendent weeks after 6-year-old allegedly shot teacher

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A school board voted Wednesday evening to oust its superintendent, weeks after a 6-year-old allegedly shot a teacher in one of the district’s schools and on the same day that the teacher’s lawyer said school administrators were warned that the child had a gun the day of the shooting.

The Newport News Public Schools school board voted 5-1 in favor of a separation agreement and severance with Superintendent Dr. George Parker III.

The teacher’s lawyer alleged earlier Wednesday that school administrators had multiple warnings about the boy the day of the incident.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/newport-news-virginia-school-board-superintendent-vote/index.html

[Pattaya Spotter]

Government competence at its best.