You’re killing me Smalls… really… you’re killing me.

[Bud_Bundy]

The school is closed again this week. Makes 3 in a row, I think.

 

[Scout]

The school is closed again this week. Makes 3 in a row, I think.

Every kid in that classroom should have a lawyer for the upcoming lawsuit. shirt, the whole forking school.

 

[maumann]

Readin', writin' and restitution.

 

[Bud_Bundy]

School reopens next Monday with a new principal (and presumably a whole new set of administrators) in place. Also, the school board votes tonight, from news reports, to fire the current superintendent of schools. Of note, the Go Fund Me campaign for the teacher has reached $240,000 of its $250,000 goal.

 

[Bud_Bundy]

If any of this is true, that teacher will own the school system

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Holy fork. Just holy forking fork.

Shortly after 1 p.m., a third teacher at Richneck approached the administration about another student crying. That student told the teacher that the 6-year-old had showed him a gun and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone, according to Toscano.

Toscano says after this third report the administration still failed to call police, lock down the school, evacuate the building or confront the student.

 

[FileNotFound]

Holy fork. Just holy forking fork.

Shortly after 1 p.m., a third teacher at Richneck approached the administration about another student crying. That student told the teacher that the 6-year-old had showed him a gun and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone, according to Toscano.

Toscano says after this third report the administration still failed to call police, lock down the school, evacuate the building or confront the student.

That is an almost unbelievable failure to execute.

 

[maumann]

The principal will probably get a nice cushy spot in administration based on seniority.

 

[outofplace]

If any of this is true, that teacher will own the school system

That's just despicable.

 

[outofplace]

The principal will probably get a nice cushy spot in administration based on seniority.

I hope the teacher sues the principal as an individual as well as the district. I have no idea if that is a legal option, but it should be. If the report is correct, the negligence was inexcusable. That principal should never be allowed to work in education again.

 

[Bud_Bundy]

Superintendent of schools out (with two-year, $500K severance package), principal reassigned (didn't say where) and assistant principal has resigned from the school system.

 

[Layman]

It's been 6-7 years since I've been on the board. Not sure why, but seems like a good time to revisit.

Just to clarify, I think it's safe to assume that by "action plan", the family is referring to a 504 plan. It's often referred as an "action" plan, between the teacher (or special education / 504 plan coordinator) and family.

While I used to be a college administrator, I took an early retirement 15 years ago (in my late 40s) & became an elementary school teacher. I've spent that entire time frame, in a Title 1 building.

Kids haven't changed. Not really. Same issues there were in the 60s & 70s, when I was in school, dressed up in different packaging. Kids are definitely not the major problem. There are outliers, of course. This youngster, for example. Now parents, politicians & self declared experts? The folks determined to dismantle public education in the country? That's where you need to start looking, if you want to diagnose the problem. IMHO, of course.