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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a harrowing account of the day in today's WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/10/richneck-elementary-school-shooting-timeline-warnings/

How could that school admin not take this seriously given the child's history?

It gives me a lot of concern because my DC's school had an incident this week with one child choking another on the playground, then destroying the classroom he was put into to calm down. Next day, the kid was back at school like nothing ever happened. I'm sure there is much, much more to this story than I'm aware (my DC is not in that grade), but it frankly terrifies me something like this could be his next move.[/quote]

From the article:

"James Ellenson, an attorney for the family of the 6-year-old boy, declined to comment directly on the new reporting but said in a statement that Newport News schools “had a duty to protect all the parties involved, especially the child who needed to be protected from himself.”"

Uh, no, the district did NOT have a responsibility to protect the boy from himself. That's on THE RECKLESS PARENTS. Jesus.  [/quote]

Seriously, right? That made me so angry. Article after article about what the school did wrong (which they undoubtedly did) and not a word about the parents or the unsecured gun. 
The kid took off his belt and started chasing kids on the playground trying to whip them? He said something about wanting to shoot a teacher and watch her die? He tried to strangle another one? Where does a 6-year old learn to do this? How do they have any concept that a belt can be taken off to whip someone? What is going on in that family? How is it that the parents haven't been charged yet?[/quote]

Maybe they adopted a boy who learned it elsewhere? Maybe abused elsewhere? Brain injury? Drugs? We don't know anything yet about his background.[/quote]

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