Tag: Teachers and School Employees

A Principal Confronted a Teenage Girl. Now He’s Facing Prison Time.

In a high school lobby in New Jersey, the principal saw a student heading toward a stairway and moved to cut her off. There was physical contact between them, though no blows. The interaction lasted less than a minute. The student filed an affirmative action complaint against the principal, saying that he had grabbed her […]

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Before Teacher Was Shot, Assistant Principal Was Warned First Grader Had a Gun

The shooting of an elementary teacher by a 6-year-old student in Newport News, Va., last year was preceded by a “shocking” series of lapses by the school’s assistant principal at the time, according to a report by a special grand jury that was released on Wednesday. Despite having been told that same day that the […]

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