Teacher shot at Newport News elementary school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Students are returning to school today, with clear backpacks and metal detectors.
https://wtop.com/virginia/2023/01/virginia-school-announces-new-safety-protocols-as-students-return-to-class-nearly-a-month-after-a-6-year-old-allegedly-shot-a-teacher/

That’ll fix it, for sure.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. A lawyer for the former principal is going to issue a statement on her behalf today. Any guesses as to what this is all about? Statement of regret and innocence? Maybe she’s filing a lawsuit also?

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/lawyer-for-former-richneck-elementary-school-principal-to-issue-statement/amp/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. A lawyer for the former principal is going to issue a statement on her behalf today. Any guesses as to what this is all about? Statement of regret and innocence? Maybe she’s filing a lawsuit also?

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/lawyer-for-former-richneck-elementary-school-principal-to-issue-statement/amp/

My guess would be laying blame at the district level, but who knows. Guess we will find out.

[Anonymous]

The former principal is saying she never knew of the reports of the gun. She has been reassigned within the district and the former assistant principal has resigned.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richneck-principal-statement-february-02-2023

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The former principal is saying she never knew of the reports of the gun. She has been reassigned within the district and the former assistant principal has resigned.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richneck-principal-statement-february-02-2023

So there were multiple reports to administration throughout the day about a gun and the principal never heard about it? I never would have guessed principal Ava is based on a real person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The former principal is saying she never knew of the reports of the gun. She has been reassigned within the district and the former assistant principal has resigned.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richneck-principal-statement-february-02-2023

So there were multiple reports to administration throughout the day about a gun and the principal never heard about it? I never would have guessed principal Ava is based on a real person

The sad reality is that most teachers have had an Ava as their admin at one time or another.

[Anonymous]

It appears that the AP who resigned from the district is the person who ignored or minimized the concerns of the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The former principal is saying she never knew of the reports of the gun. She has been reassigned within the district and the former assistant principal has resigned.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richneck-principal-statement-february-02-2023

So there were multiple reports to administration throughout the day about a gun and the principal never heard about it? I never would have guessed principal Ava is based on a real person

The sad reality is that most teachers have had an Ava as their admin at one time or another.

I am an Abbott Elementary super fan, and say all you want about Ava but IMO she would have definitely handled this much better. In fact, Ava never would have let the kid stay in the classroom and accommodated his parents this long. NO WAY!

[Anonymous]

What does "acute disability" mean? How unusual is it for a parent to attend classes with the child as part of an IEP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does "acute disability" mean? How unusual is it for a parent to attend classes with the child as part of an IEP?

Acute disability means parents are morons, evidenced by the access to firearms they provide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does "acute disability" mean? How unusual is it for a parent to attend classes with the child as part of an IEP?

An acute disability refers to a psychiatric condition that requires treatment. As for parents attending school, I have never heard of this before - ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would understand needing the kids out of school for a bit while the school determines how to handle the return. It is more then just Counselors and Therapy but also physically moving that first grade classroom. They are not going to want to send the kids in that class back to that classroom. I would also guess that there are lots of conversations about how to run that particular school after this type of a failure. They need to bring in new leadership at the school and let those folks get a handle on what is happening and start to have meetings with Staff and Teachers so that there is less chaos when they return to school.

I have not read what type of programs they have been offering for parents of kids attending that school, I would hope that they have been able to find a way to provide some camp like structure for working parents to use because it is a long time to be out of school and to try and find some type of child care solutions.

It’s public education, not public childcare. Amazing we went through COVID and people STILL don’t understand this.

Pretty much every school has a decent percentage of kids who have 2 working parents and no child care coverage. Most of those 2 working households are not in the position for a parent to stay home for weeks on end to watch the kids. Part of the reason virtual learning didn’t work for many kids was that there was no parent available to help the kids because both parents were working. Do you think the people stocking shelves during COVID were doing that because they felt comfortable being out when a highly infectious disease that could kill them was circulating or do you think they were doing it because they had to pay the bills? And if they were risking their lives to keep food on the shelves, do you think that they had the money to be able provide child care for their kids who suddenly were at home?

Get out of your economically privileged bubble and take a look at the real world. We ask schools to feed kids, provide counseling for kids, and more because schools are the one place we have access to kids who need help. My kids High School has a food pantry in it so that kids at the high school can pick up food for their family. My kids ES class helps put together backpacks of food for the weekend for kids who get most of their meals from the school. Schools are more then institutions of learning.

So yes, a sudden closure of school for 3 weeks is probably a hardship for some of the families at that school. It is not a reason to open the school before it is ready but it is a concern.

I’m not in a privileged bubble, sweetheart. I have multiple kids and make FAR less than the DCUM average.

Once again, slower this time for you: It’s public education, *not* public childcare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What does "acute disability" mean? How unusual is it for a parent to attend classes with the child as part of an IEP?

An acute disability refers to a psychiatric condition that requires treatment. As for parents attending school, I have never heard of this before - ever.

This is the part that breaks my heart. I'm guessing severe oppositional defiant disorder, or maybe something worse than that? The fact that the parents attended school with their child every day shows they were pretty involved in their kids care plan. I can't excuse the gun at home, but I do have some empathy for them and how hard it must be to raise a child like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does "acute disability" mean? How unusual is it for a parent to attend classes with the child as part of an IEP?

An acute disability refers to a psychiatric condition that requires treatment. As for parents attending school, I have never heard of this before - ever.

This is the part that breaks my heart. I'm guessing severe oppositional defiant disorder, or maybe something worse than that? The fact that the parents attended school with their child every day shows they were pretty involved in their kids care plan. I can't excuse the gun at home, but I do have some empathy for them and how hard it must be to raise a child like this.

I *had* empathy for the parents until they bought a gun and then left it accessible to this child. They say it was secure, but obviously it was not. These parents need to go to jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does "acute disability" mean? How unusual is it for a parent to attend classes with the child as part of an IEP?

It probably means no one knows what the child’s disability is yet. I have a 6 year old who has been diagnosed with probably 8 different things by a variety of specialists over time. It’s very hard to tell what kids have when they are so young. It will become clear when he gets older what he has, but they know now that it’s severe and disrupts his ability to think and function in a classroom.