How costly are missed warning signs?

 The 40 million dollar question...

In January 2023, a first grade student shot his first grade teacher. She survived and is suing for 40 million dollars.

There are questions the lawsuit will  answer. How much money the teacher and her lawyer receive is yet to be detemined. Mainstream media has followed the news on this failure to protect.

A grand jury has indicted the assistant principal related to the shooting and the mother of the boy has received jail time, also related to the shooting.

The gun jammed otherwise, per the Grand Jury report, the teacher may have been killed.  The children in the class could have suffered physical injuries in addition to the emotional trauma if the gun had not malfunctioned.

This is not a gun control issue. It is though about people not doing their jobs.

 Resources that I used to write.

Newspaper and Youtube links below, as long as the links are active, for the story of the teacher and child in Virginia. 

How would you like your classroom remembered?  In a violent time, real questions deserve real answers.

40 million dollar failure...

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebony-parker-charged-child-neglect-shooting-richneck-elementary-school-virginia/

https://youtu.be/DHM4mgfw2_w?si=QjA_R4JogzPeC3R4

My book, Stopping School Violence One Teacher's Silent Scream, describes my concerns and actions in 1998. 

What would you have done?

Marian R. Carlino

April 22, 2024