Incident on FCPS middle school bus

[Anonymous]

I'm a middle school teacher. Two things I can guarantee after watching this:
1. The girl has a discipline history spanning back probably to kindergarten or 1st grade and multiple teachers have suggested alternative placement
2. None of her teachers who saw the video were remotely surprised

Also, if she got suspended I bet she was back in her regular classroom within 24 hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Good thing someone took a video of the attack - too bad they didn’t also intervene and haul her off of him.

Don't all FCPS school buses also have cameras?

Parents must demand to have another responsible adult on each bus. The driver needs to drive.

Transportation is understaffed. Schools are understaffed. We have what, 2 counselors per 500 students? Are you surprised ?
“Don’t raise my taxes”. “Vote no on the meals tax.”

They have plenty of money. It is the way they choose to use it that is the problem. Gatehouse personnel, Equity speeches, name changes, etc. These add up.

This. The waste is massive. Enough already.

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Anonymous wrote:What did this kid say to her? Violence isn't acceptable and it is a good thing she was punished, but I also find it hard to believe it came out of nowhere.

It's worth understanding what happened prior to the incident.

One child was suspended and the other was not. One child was granted a protective order. Watching the attack, the child who was strangled did not seem to be doing much to stop the attack, they were slapping away the girls hands and that is about it. The news article says that the girl had bullied this child before.

You are right, we don't know what was said before hand but I would guess that the judge asked those questions and that the school asked those questions. No one has rushed out to post "the other kid used unacceptable language."

Some kids are mean and bully other kids. It happens. The school should handle it early on but when it becomes assault, the kid who assaulted another kid should be punished. The girl was suspended. Hopefully she is not allowed on the bus, I don't think the story addresses that. They said that the boy sees her at school and that they pass each other but I don't remember it saying anything about the bus.

A child assaulting another child is serious. That 6 year old in Newport News had tried to strangle his K Teacher, was trying to whip kids on the playground, and broke the Teachers phone the very week he shot his Teacher. Not every bully or out of control kid ends up shooting someone but the behavior tends to escalate and needs to be addressed. The victim should be able to feel safe at school. The girl should be moved to a different school, preferably one where she is required to attend something to deal with her aggression.

Yes, she was punished for her actions, which were wrong.

The boy's family demanded a restraining order - a ridiculous overreaction.

Nevertheless, it's still worth understanding what happened prior to the incident.

Can you explain how you possibly think a restraining order was an overreaction? Did you watch the video? There is no way you have kids if you think that’s an overreaction. Or you have the problem kids.

I watched the video. It was terrible behavior and it was good that she was punished. Hopefully she learned her lesson.

But a restraining order is an overreaction in this scenario.

Are you kidding me?? your attitude is huge part of the problem. Overreaction....no this is how a 6 year old was ablate shoot his teacher because no one reacted enough.

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Anonymous wrote:I knows from the vitriol on this thread that the girl was black and the boy white. Not excusing her behavior, but she is a child who needs help, not a criminal.

She needs help and she also committed a violent assault and needs to face legal consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:I knows from the vitriol on this thread that the girl was black and the boy white. Not excusing her behavior, but she is a child who needs help, not a criminal.

*knew. Stupid autocorrect.

Why doesn’t the child being strangled deserve to be helped?

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Anonymous wrote:The attacker should have been moved to a program that provides services for emotionally unregulated kids and not allowed to stay in a mainstream program.

THIS x 1000000000