Annandale, VA
An Annandale High School teacher was charged with misdemeanor assault against the student.
The teacher has been placed on administrative leave, and the summons was issued at the school, although the teacher was not arrested.
Student assaulted by high school teacher
April 9, 2013 by
School bus assault, middle schooler charged
April 9, 2013 by
Winchester, TN
Two first-graders were kicked, punched and duct-taped by a classmate on the school bus.
A girl was slapped in the face, leaving marks, and then kicked in the leg, leaving a big bruise. He then duct-taped her mouth shut. When her friend told him to stop, he struck her.
These incidents allegedly occurred in the seat behind the bus driver, whom the parents claimed did nothing to stop the attack.
The 7th-grade student has been expelled, and the bus driver is under investigation.
School Security Expert Tip – Thoughts on School Safety and Gun Control, Arming Teachers, Training People to Attack Gunmen in Schools and Other Hotly Debated Approaches To School Shootings
April 8, 2013 by
One trend we have noted that started with the deadly attack at Columbine High School, continued with the horrific Virginia Tech shooting and has returned with the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut is that people often rush out seeking simple solutions to age – old problems of school safety.
Though these horrific incidents shock us we should recall that mass casualty attacks at schools pre-date much of what is being discussed today. A dangerously mentally ill school board member murdered more than 40 people in Bath Michigan in 1927 with explosives and the most lethal attack at an American school to date claimed the lives of 95 victims. The first mass casualty attack at a school in America took place in 1764 in a one room school house in Pennsylvania and only one student survived the brutal attack.
As we debate a variety of measures including arming teachers, gun control and teaching students and staff to attack an active shooter, we should remember that we should take care to implement efforts that have been proven to work while we debate those that we think might help. Such debates are healthy in a free country and are certainly important. At the same time, we are ignoring many tried and true strategies in most school in our nation while we spend a great deal of time and energy talking about concepts that are not yet proven to work. While we our nation’s experts and system of government work on ideas that may help to address the highly complex issues of school safety, let us avoid the trap of seeking simple solutions while ignoring life-saving concepts that have worked for decades.
Having helped perform school security assessments for more than 5,000 public and non-public schools as well as having worked after the fact for hundreds of school crisis incidents, our analysts feel strongly that there is no one simple solution that will effect a dramatic reduction in the homicide rate in our nation’s schools. Many of the proven concepts that have been implemented over the past 30 years have helped to reduce the school homicide rate dramatically yet are still not being utilized by the majority of U.S. public and non-public schools.
We urge people to adopt what we know will help reduce death in our schools while we continue the important debates relating to school safety.
School bus crash leaves 1 dead, kids OK
April 7, 2013 by
A school bus headed to Newport Elementary School crashed into a Jeep, got spun around and hit a second vehicle, sending the school bus onto its side.
The driver of the Jeep died of traumatic injuries, while the driver and 34 children on the bus survived, although over a dozen children were transported to the hospital to get checked out.
Initial reports stated the bus driver ran a red light, but the police are investigating conflicting stories.
Ammunition left on school bus
April 7, 2013 by
A 29-year old man got onto a school bus headed for Alhambra Elementary School. He told the bus aide that he was with a boy who had just got onto the bus.
After he got off of the bus, a child found a magazine with 15 rounds in it. Police were notified, a picture of the man, taken from the school bus video, was given to the media. The police then received a tip that led to the arrest.
After his arrest, the man told police he was hearing voices, and feared for his life.
The Kicking Game
April 6, 2013 by
A new “game” being played at Marshall Middle School has led to arrests and injuries. causing a warning from the Lynn Police Department.
“Big Booting” involves a student coming up behind another, seated student and kicking them in the head. In one incident, a student was kicked so hard, an imprint of the shoe was left in the victim‘s head. The perp was arrested and suspended from school, and is being charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.