Oh. He’s not going back to public schools. That is 100% guaranteed. No IEP needed lol.
He’s 6. He still needs an education. Or do you think his life no longer has value and education is a waste of time?
I’m saying there is not a school district in the entire country where either the school staff or parents of the students would ever allow him in a public school again.
He will have a horrible life. If he ever develops empathy, he will feel a horrible guilt for a very long time.
I agree. It’s the best of a set of bad options.
I’m actually not convinced his life has value. I am not seeing any outcomes that involve him leading a life that is good for society or good for himself. I seriously wonder if euthanizing him isn’t the kindest thing we could do. I’m not advocating that. I am just not seeing good options.
“I’m saying there is not a school district in the entire country where either the school staff or parents of the students would ever allow him in a public school again.”
If they ever develop empathy, they will feel horrible guilt for a very long time.
I’m pretty sure the vaccine hasn’t been approved for that, yet.
There’s more to this story.
What more? I didn’t hear more than what I’ve already read about this story.
I hadn’t previously heard the details from the family about the kid, specifically about how he was a severely mentally unstable kid who was on a plan that required his parents’ attendance but they weren’t there that week. I hadn’t heard that the school got word he had a weapon and even searched his backpack but didn’t find it. I hadn’t heard that the gun was fully locked and secured but the kid figured out how to unlock it.
This was heartbreaking. The Superintendent will have to take responsibility and resign.
Do you think the parents should be charged with anything? I’m leaning towards they will be sued by the teacher. I don’t think they should go to jail.
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I would sue if I was the teacher. For at least 5 million. If she has a disability it it closer to 50 million.
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I suppose they would need to prove some kind of negligence. Did they inform the school of their plans to forgo escorting the child to school? Did they hide their knowledge of the child’s mentality? They already said the gun they owned was secured so they were not negligent with their weapon.
The superintendent should definitely be charged. How is it that the school could be notified that the child had a gun but still fail to secure the building and remove the child from public view? Did their thought process not evolve beyond searching through a backpack?
According to what I read, yes. The absence was coordinated.
Not at all. He was under a psychiatric care plan with the school.
They “got a tip”. 99.99% of tips are wrong. They searched the backpack and found nothing. If they shut down the school every time they got a tip, the school would be shut down every day as some kid or other would phone in a tip.
You don’t think they were negligent with the weapon? The parents I mean.
What would the superintendent be charged with?
I’d have to follow the case more closely to know what the superintendent knew ahead of time that week and if the superintendent knew the child was going unsupervised. The superintendent could be overwhelmed, depending on the district. Maybe the school knew this and the superintendent didn’t.
School superintendent might be one of the worst jobs now. Nobody would probably go for it. This could be a learning lesson for the superintendent, assuming the person knew the child was going to be unsupervised.
I don’t know enough about firearm safety to have an informed opinion. They had the gun on a shelf with a locked firing pin. They don’t know how the kid figured out how to unlock it. I don’t know if that’s considered “acceptable security” or not.
so they claim… i dont whether that is the case or not but i think that stating that the gun was “secure” is probably the best way to try and avoid / minimize charges
of course its not!
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If a 6 year old was able to shoot someone, it wasn’t secure.
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True, but “secure” in this case only means “stored to the standards specified in law”.
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