😳 “The #Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student repeatedly asked administrators for help with the boy but officials downplayed educators’ warnings about his behavior, including dismissing his threat to light a teacher on fire and watch her die, according to messages from teachers obtained by The Washington Post.” #shooting #news

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/21/richneck-elementary-school-shooting-warnings-downplayed/

School downplayed warnings about 6-year-old before teacher’s shooting, staffers say

The previously unreported incidents raise new questions about how Richneck Elementary School handled the 6-year-old who police say shot a teacher.

The Washington Post
@GottaLaff I had a very difficult student in 6th grade one year. The principal berated me the entire year for failing to control him. Near the end of the year, he pummeled her with a door, and punched her repeatedly in the kidneys. He was arrested and she pressed charges. I tried to tell her.
@GottaLaff Ironically, she came to me for sympathy, and I did feel badly for her. She was traumatized and in a lot of physical pain. But I tried to tell her over and over how troubled he was, and she just turned it around on me.