Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’
Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’
The Newport News Education Association President condemned the premise of the school division’s motion to dismiss Abigail Zwerner’s pending $40 million lawsuit.
NEWPORT NEWS — The Newport News Education Association President condemned the premise of the school division’s motion to dismiss Abigail Zwerner’s pending $40 million lawsuit.
The motion was filed last week by attorneys representing the School Board and argues that Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom at Richneck Elementary in January by a 6-year-old student, is only entitled to file a worker’s compensation claim because the injury she sustained from the shooting is a “workplace injury,” and that the shooting was a hazard of the job.
Yea! Fuck those teachers for not thinking that being shot isn't just an expected risk of the job!
Man I fucking hate this lol
Murica gets more surreal (or others would say idiocratic) by the minute.
That's the biggest reason why I'm really concerned by climate change
A hazard of the job… wow
i still don't understand why we call teachers "educators" now, theres nothing wrong with "Teacher"?
I think it's a response to the new connotation of "teacher" (largely underpaid, unappreciated).
It's double speak. It's to dehumanize the profession. It's a known tactic by politicians. Teachers is comforting word. It evokes an emotional response of comfort. Educators is surgical. Cold.
Both are precise. But one makes the decision to make technical arguments without living in the emotional baggage. See friendly fire, hostile takeover, downsizing, relocation, etc.
I'm sorry... but what the fuck are people bitching about?
The parent of the child is facing 25 years. The child has a history of really fucked up shit - the parents are at fault. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66451768
To me this just reads that the school district is trying to get worker's comp insurance involved for them to pay for it. After all, what school district has $40,000,000 to give to workers who get shot? A district can't begin to imagine a 6 year old is going to bring a gun in anyway.
Don't get me wrong, it's fucking horrible that the teacher had this happen. It's fucking horrible that a parent teaches their child racist slurs (as this one used to refer to the teacher after shooting her), it's horrible that parents have guns within reach of children. There are SO MANY fucked up things here. I just don't understand how the school is the problem.
You're a peach. If the child had a history of violent behavior, and the school board never acted on any of it, and the student was allowed to continue attending class despite all the "fucked up shit" he did. Then the school board is absolutely liable.
It's a 6 year old. Even if a 6 year old is known for being violent or rough - do you expect there to be a firearm in their bag?
What circumstances does one expect a six year old to produce a firearm and shoot someone? As far as I can tell it has literally never happened before or since this single incident, period. Six year olds aren't really known to be the typical school shooter demographic, that's more of the angsty teen age.
I don't think it's reasonable for schools to conduct bag searches on kindergarteners or first graders. They shouldn't really expect to have metal detectors either.
From previous articles, the student should never have even been allowed to be in a position to shoot her (not that any student should, but this student was flying red flags and the district knew and ignored them).
Also, if I recall my understanding of workers comp law, if you have a "workplace injury" you cannot legally sue the district. If she is allowed to sue, which she should be able to, she can claim that they were negligent. I'd imagine some sort of liability insurance would kick in. If it falls under workplace injury, she can only ask for them to cover her medical bills, and they can also force her to start going to their shitty workman's comp doctors for any further care she needs.
Yeah, if I get shot at work. Its a workplace injury.
Its not a likely, common or even expected hazard. But if I get shot on the clock its a workplace injury.