Unfreaking real!!!!!!!! 3 kids suspended for tackling armed gunman on a school bus...

[AKguy1985]

Not right.

 

[daniel1daniel2]

Why couldn't we just give all the other students guns and then the problem would have been taken care of. Oh ya that would not be politically correct...................

 

[bettingpython]

Thats crazy! So if I see a kid with a gun at my school about to shoot someone, and have a chance to disarm him, I should not do it!? I dont care if they expel me I would still try.

I do not condone you or any other student deliberately stepping in harms way, but sometimes stuff just happens.That being said there might be a few people in administrative roles who would take your side in your district. Not that it would carry much weight, read that as zero but they would let their opinion be known if it came down to it.

 

[bettingpython]

Sadly, as a former school board member, I have to disagree a bit with this. There have been many instances where the teachers can be more of a problem than the administration. I've seen teachers get away with things that can't be corrected because the only "witness" was a student. On the other hand, if the members of the administration goof up, they are immediately subject to review by the school board with a lot fewer "rules" to go by in their discipline of the administrator.

An administrator can be terminated at the end of their contract (or at least they used to be), but to fire a tenured teacher takes a lot of documentation and reviews. Many times, as long as the teacher "improves" according to an improvement plan, they still can't be fired.

Also, the administration has to abide by the decisions made by the school board with regards to the discipline of students. With so many districts adopting "zero tolerance" rules, there is little that they can do.

Now, after saying all of that, I agree that someone, starting with the school board, needs to get an earful from the parents and citizens of the community.

Correct Administrators have no say in it, they are bound by board policies. Failure to enforce board policy or violation of board policy is typically grounds for immediate dismissal, also our contracts by state law only run from year to year. Our board policy on weapons prohibits even ammunition on school property for employee's, immediate termination, thus I do not like to go ammo shopping at lunch and if I do and can't swing by the house before returning to the office I park off school property.