After 6yo shoots teacher in Newport News public school, parents are pissed. But they’re pissed at schools, not guns
Moms & dads packed SB meeting, calling out SB for not disciplining out of control students. Threatening to pull kids out, threatening funding 💰
Parents matter🧵
Moms & dads packed SB meeting, calling out SB for not disciplining out of control students. Threatening to pull kids out, threatening funding 💰
Parents matter🧵
Newport News, VA mom of 4:
“Parents are going to need to be involved more in their kids education in order to be able to help with these behavior issues [in our schools]”
School discipline issues ignored
“Hold the students and families accountable”
“Parents are going to need to be involved more in their kids education in order to be able to help with these behavior issues [in our schools]”
School discipline issues ignored
“Hold the students and families accountable”
Former SB candidate in Newport News VA calls for fewer dollars on metal detectors and more SROs in schools - to great applause from parents
Highlights that teachers have no power to discipline & admin doesn’t back them up
1 NNPS school had majority of staff leave in one year!
Highlights that teachers have no power to discipline & admin doesn’t back them up
1 NNPS school had majority of staff leave in one year!
Newport News VA dad calls for change in the NNPS school board
Highlights that kids don’t stand for 🇺🇸 Flag
Calls for parents to boycott the SOL from K-8 grades
Notes that teachers are leaving NN in droves
Highlights that kids don’t stand for 🇺🇸 Flag
Calls for parents to boycott the SOL from K-8 grades
Notes that teachers are leaving NN in droves
Distraught Newport News VA mom pleads for SB to up suspensions & punishment of disrespectful kids
Disruptive kids sent back to class; influencing kids.
“It’s not fair to my kids or other kids, they can’t get an education, they can’t get a valid education!”
SchoolChoice now
Disruptive kids sent back to class; influencing kids.
“It’s not fair to my kids or other kids, they can’t get an education, they can’t get a valid education!”
SchoolChoice now
Newport News Public Schools employees & mom tells SB the “Tips 4 Teachers” put out for addressing disruptive students was “insulting and unhelpful.”
Employees are afraid to speak out
“When a student is throwing chairs, the classroom may not be the best place for them either”
Employees are afraid to speak out
“When a student is throwing chairs, the classroom may not be the best place for them either”
Newport News VA teacher tells SB that measures like metal detectors after gun violence in schools are being taken actively, not proactively
“This district will fail in its mission and further embarrass itself”
Calls out SB for cherry picking data to make SB look good
“This district will fail in its mission and further embarrass itself”
Calls out SB for cherry picking data to make SB look good
Newport News VA teacher & mom:
SB pressures teachers 2 keep referrals low 2 keep accreditation
Daughter can’t learn or go 2 bathroom bc of hallway fights
Assaults on teachers & students happen DAILY
“Consequences need 2 find their way back into NNPS”
🤔 “Grace” = Equity
SB pressures teachers 2 keep referrals low 2 keep accreditation
Daughter can’t learn or go 2 bathroom bc of hallway fights
Assaults on teachers & students happen DAILY
“Consequences need 2 find their way back into NNPS”
🤔 “Grace” = Equity
Former Newport News SB candidate in 2018 calls for new leadership in the NNPS SB
Teachers and staff don’t feel safe
Teachers and staff don’t feel safe
Newport News VA teacher calls for Supt to be fired
Disruptive students return to class minutes later with a Pat on the back
She’s broken up many fights
“Students quickly learn they can to anything they want with little to no consequences”
Disruptive students return to class minutes later with a Pat on the back
She’s broken up many fights
“Students quickly learn they can to anything they want with little to no consequences”
Listen to this Newport News VA teacher…
She won’t say it, but it’s @vademocrats & progressive policy towards “equity” that is pressuring teachers & admins not to report or discipline dangerous students
Lying statistics to cover for accreditation
Kids & teachers harmed
She won’t say it, but it’s @vademocrats & progressive policy towards “equity” that is pressuring teachers & admins not to report or discipline dangerous students
Lying statistics to cover for accreditation
Kids & teachers harmed
🔥 Newport News VA teacher lobs truth 💣s on NNPS Supt - cites numerous times Supt disrespects teachers, SROs, staff
Teachers know which students are real dangers, but not listened to
“Everyday students & staff are hit, bitten, beaten [by students] and they’re allowed to stay!”
Teachers know which students are real dangers, but not listened to
“Everyday students & staff are hit, bitten, beaten [by students] and they’re allowed to stay!”
40yr Newport News Public schools speech pathologist notes she’s glad her boys are no longer in the school system (they’re grown).
Sons call her every day to make sure she’s home safely.
On dangerous students: “Discipline or attendance? Which do you want? You can’t have both!”
Sons call her every day to make sure she’s home safely.
On dangerous students: “Discipline or attendance? Which do you want? You can’t have both!”
Newport News VA mom of daughter at school of latest shooting
She’s pulled her younger daughter out of NNPS and into private school
Listen to her story of last 2 weeks - waking into same school where there’s no security… a student “guarding” the entrance let her in 1/2
She’s pulled her younger daughter out of NNPS and into private school
Listen to her story of last 2 weeks - waking into same school where there’s no security… a student “guarding” the entrance let her in 1/2
Newport News VA mom ends her testimony with shocking story:
“I look at the boy [student who let me in to school building] and asked do they pay you to be the security guard?”
“So, we’re out [of public schools] in 6 months, I wish y’all the best!”
“I look at the boy [student who let me in to school building] and asked do they pay you to be the security guard?”
“So, we’re out [of public schools] in 6 months, I wish y’all the best!”
Newport News HS student discusses her experience in public school:
“Hit my n the back swing of a punch during a fight, witnessed my peers smoking weed in bathroom, had an Asst principal accused of indecency w a minor & arrested, & scared 2 go 2 school when received bomb threats”
“Hit my n the back swing of a punch during a fight, witnessed my peers smoking weed in bathroom, had an Asst principal accused of indecency w a minor & arrested, & scared 2 go 2 school when received bomb threats”
Newport News VA dad acknowledges much is required from parents with problem children
“I got kids at home who would never bring a gun 2 school, you know why? ‘Cause Daddy’ll beat their tail! U got kids w nobody to teach them that, or they don’t got anyone to beat their tail!” 🏆
“I got kids at home who would never bring a gun 2 school, you know why? ‘Cause Daddy’ll beat their tail! U got kids w nobody to teach them that, or they don’t got anyone to beat their tail!” 🏆
Newport News VA mom: “[my son] blames YOU! … he says, I’m scared; I don’t want to go back to those schools. I want to be homeschooled.”
Mom & dad considering private school, “are you all going to pay for that? He has right 2 free+public education”
@WinsomeSears says yes
Mom & dad considering private school, “are you all going to pay for that? He has right 2 free+public education”
@WinsomeSears says yes
Retired Newport News VA elementary school assistant principal reveals she retired early bc she was being assaulted daily by a six year old
Newport News VA mom reveals she didn’t hear from the school (about shooting) until she was already AT the school waiting for her student
“The school administrator was notified of a potential weapon and didn’t follow the safety protocol”
“The school administrator was notified of a potential weapon and didn’t follow the safety protocol”
Newport News VA teacher of 38y tells SB while age of @ child (6yo) was unprecedented, aggressive behavior of students wasn’t unprecedented - teachers experience it daily
Why hasn’t she retired? “To pay for my daughter to go to private school bc I don’t want her in public school”
Why hasn’t she retired? “To pay for my daughter to go to private school bc I don’t want her in public school”
Last 📺 on 🧵… & fitting.
The heartbreaking testimony of a Newport News mom whose daughter was in classroom of the 6yo who shot their teacher.
She was going to remain anonymous but decided to speak
Parents & teachers are desperate to get dangerous kids out of classrooms 1/2
The heartbreaking testimony of a Newport News mom whose daughter was in classroom of the 6yo who shot their teacher.
She was going to remain anonymous but decided to speak
Parents & teachers are desperate to get dangerous kids out of classrooms 1/2
Last 📺 on 🧵
The heartbreaking testimony of a Newport News mom whose daughter was in classroom of the 6yo who shot their teacher.
Parents & teachers are desperate to get dangerous kids out of classrooms 2/2
Thank you to all the speakers.
We couldn’t capture them all.
The heartbreaking testimony of a Newport News mom whose daughter was in classroom of the 6yo who shot their teacher.
Parents & teachers are desperate to get dangerous kids out of classrooms 2/2
Thank you to all the speakers.
We couldn’t capture them all.
It appears Virginia Public Schools are not the Mecca of education that the teachers unions and politicians claim them to be
So many staff and students in danger
#SchoolChoice is a civil rights issue that is need NOW in Virginia
So many staff and students in danger
#SchoolChoice is a civil rights issue that is need NOW in Virginia
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