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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why you think you, personally, would be sued in that case. For one, you would not be liable. But just from a practical standpoint, if there's a lawsuit they are going after people who have money to pay out. That's the school, not you.

Regardless, the issue here is not a potential lawsuit. If you truly think a child is dangerous and your admin is not acting on it, your only real recourse is to make a report with CPS. Whether or not that goes anywhere depends on what concrete evidence you have that this child is a danger to himself or others. Your report will be anonymous but your admin will likely connect the dots once they are contacted by CPS, so be prepared to lose your job. As you know, you don't have the protections that a union would provide.
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Individual administrators are named in the lawsuit from the teacher shot by her 6 yr old student.

If OP’s student injured another person and they could spin it that OP knew something but didn’t act (regardless whether OP has tried to get some action taken), OP could potentially end up in a lawsuit. You might not in the end “be liable” if you could prove you tried to do something (document everything!), but you don’t want to be in the mess in the first place. [/quote]

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