Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’ (www.denverpost.com)

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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.

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[-] just_change_it@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] garlic@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

If the US doesn't want to have metal detectors and bag searches.... then how about some gun regulations, to fix the actual problem? It's far too easy for Americans to get guns

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