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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched the entire trial and I am surprised that I changed my mind on this. The teacher knew about the gun for an hour and a half and didn’t act on it. [b]She just kept pushing it off to the assistant principal.[/b] I think people would be less forgiving if a child would’ve been shot rather than a teacher. I would vote in favor of the assistant principal. Lots of blame to go around but the teacher needs to look in the mirror on this one. The teacher knew for an hour and a half about the gun and didn’t even bother searching his backpack, which was allowed. The AP didn’t show concern either.[/quote]

Pushing it off onto the AP is EXACTLY what teachers are supposed to do. If you (society) wants teachers to be able to search kids' backpacks (and search children's clothing/jackets) whenever they feel they have a need to do so - and trust us to use our judgment -- you need to pass laws that give us immunity when (not if) we guess wrong.

And the teacher really did not "know" there was a gun. When she was in the classroom, teaching and taking her kids to lunch, she knew that the boy JT was angry/upset that morning and had threatened a kid. But in her classroom, no kids told her anything about a gun.

Kids outside the classroom flagged down the reading teacher and told her. Kids on the playground told other teachers. Who told the classroom teacher - out on the playground.

At that point the backpack HAD been searched. Now the question is, is it in his pocket?

The teacher surely was hoping and praying that Admin, the Security, police, someone was coming to search the boy.  She could not, did not, have the legal ability to do so. She was also responsible for the rest of the children in her class.

In hindsight, perhaps she should have sent her class to another room for safety. But these decisions are not easy to make. Regardless, it was NOT her fault. She 100% followed school procedure in this case. [/quote]

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