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In reply to the discussion: Lawyer: Adminstrators were warned 3 times the day boy shot teacher at Virginia school [View all]Eugene
(61,881 posts)46. Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia
Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64406295
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School board votes to cut ties with superintendent weeks after 6-year-old allegedly shot teacher (CNN)
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/newport-news-virginia-school-board-superintendent-vote/index.html
The superintendent of a school in the US state of Virginia has lost his job after a six-year-old pupil shot and wounded a teacher earlier this month.
The school board decided by a vote of 5-to-1 to terminate George Parker only hours after a lawyer for the teacher announced plans to sue the district.
The school board decided by a vote of 5-to-1 to terminate George Parker only hours after a lawyer for the teacher announced plans to sue the district.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64406295
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School board votes to cut ties with superintendent weeks after 6-year-old allegedly shot teacher (CNN)
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/newport-news-virginia-school-board-superintendent-vote/index.html
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Lawyer: Adminstrators were warned 3 times the day boy shot teacher at Virginia school [View all]
FakeNoose
Jan 2023
OP
Only black children are a threat and disciplined in schools...didn't you know that?
Samrob
Jan 2023
#34
"Oh, nothing to worry about. After all: who brings a gun to school and starts shooting?"
Aristus
Jan 2023
#4
But who pays? Like suing the police. It doesn't come out of the pockets of those responsible.
thesquanderer
Jan 2023
#13
I'm sure criminal charges could be filed like reckless endangerment or something
MichMan
Jan 2023
#22
And just like police, some other district *will* hire them, maybe even with better pay.
NullTuples
Jan 2023
#31
Like, time to retire without ANY financial worries for a lifetime and beyond for her family?
usaf-vet
Jan 2023
#29
I can see this stuff being ignored in middle school, where bullying is at its peak
Warpy
Jan 2023
#8
You can see ignoring a kid bringing a gun to school? Please explain, I assume I'm reading that wrong
NullTuples
Jan 2023
#32
That is exactly what Republicans mean when they speak of their "common sense".
NullTuples
Jan 2023
#33
And the week of the shooting was "the first when a parent was not in class with him."
ShazzieB
Jan 2023
#23
What's even weirder (to me) is that no administrator's names are ever mentioned.
ShazzieB
Jan 2023
#36
It was secure . . then somehow it became unsecure . . then it . . just went off!
NBachers
Jan 2023
#26
In-Excusable. Fire them all. No business being employed at a school anymore. nt
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2023
#43