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Parents at school where boy, 6, shot teacher prepare to sue

The families of two students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system

The Independent UK

First-grade student who shot teacher in US school allegedly tried to choke another teacher

Teacher Abby Zwerner was seriously injured when she was shot by a six-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School on January 6

Irish Mirror

Boy, 6, who shot teacher tried to choke colleague 'until she couldn't breath'

Abby Zwerner, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, US, was shot at a reading table in her classroom after a 6-year-old boy stashed a gun into his backpack

Daily Mirror

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‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ clears final hurdle, set for Tuesday floor vote in NC Senate

RALEIGH, N.C. — The "Parents’ Bill of Rights" cleared a final hurdle Monday, setting up an expected floor vote Tuesday for the controversial legislation that would ban topics like gender identity and sexuality from being taught in most elementary school classrooms in North Carolina, and potentially force teachers to out…

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New revelations from Richneck: Claim contends assistant principal failed to react to several warnings about 6-year-old

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The year before a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, he choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe,” a pending claim against the Newport News school division contends.

Tribune News Service

St Comgall's visited by Belfast Mayor following multi-million pound transformation

The site had fallen into disrepair since the Elementary School closed in the mid-1990s

Belfast Live

These are some of the people in line to profit from Lightfoot’s Bally’s casino deal

Among them: the family of the woman chairing the mayor’s reelection campaign fund, contractors that are Lightfoot financial backers and two clout-heavy real estate investors whose children attended the Catholic elementary school where Lightfoot’s daughter was a student.

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City opens temporary shelter for asylum seekers in Woodlawn despite effort to block bus moving them

At least 3 busloads of recently arrived immigrants were dropped off at a once-shuttered South Side school that has been transformed into a shelter. Two protesters tried to stop a bus from reaching the former Wadsworth Elementary School.

Chicago Sun-Times

Virginia elementary school's principal wasn’t told of reports 6-year-old had gun, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The lawyer for the former principal of Richneck Elementary School said Thursday that her client was never told the 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher may have had a gun at school that day.

Tribune News Service

Lawyer: Principal unaware boy had gun before teacher shot

The former principal of the Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher was not aware of reports that the student had a gun before the shooting occurred

The Independent UK

US school where six-year-old shot his teacher set to reopen

First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner was hospitalised for nearly two weeks but is now recovering at home

Irish Mirror

School where 6-year-old shot his teacher set to reopen

Students and teachers returning to the Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher will see visible signs of stepped-up security

The Independent UK

Showa-era schoolhouses to be exhibited at 2025 Osaka Expo

Two schoolhouses built in the Showa era (1926-89) in Kyoto and Nara prefectures will be exhibited at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, according to the Japan Association for the International Exposition, which manages the Expo.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Warnings boy had gun were ignored before he shot teacher at Virginia elementary school

Teacher Abigail Zwerner, 25, was left with serious injuries after she was shot at Richneck Elementary School on January 6

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Teacher who was shot by boy, 6, sent chilling warning text an hour before attack

Abigail Zwerner, 25, text a loved one complaining administrator's at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News weren't helping after she was concerned with a 6-year-old boy's behaviour

Evening Standard

School shooting chief booted out of office after authorities ‘ignored gun warnings’

Abigail Zwerner was “shot purposely” in front of other students at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News

Orlando Sentinel

Mom sues Florida school district over ban on volunteering linked to her OnlyFans pages

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lawyers for the mother who was banned from volunteering at Sand Lake Elementary School after an anonymous email pointed officials to her OnlyFans page filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Orange County Public Schools.

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Leadership at Virginia school ‘failed to act’ after 3 warnings boy had gun on day of shooting, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner intends to file a lawsuit against the Newport News school division after school administrators “failed to act” before she was shot by her 6-year-old student, according to Zwerner’s attorney.

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Leadership at Virginia school ‘failed to act’ multiple times on day student shot teacher, attorney says

The Independent UK

Uvalde families press urgency after California shootings

Families of the 21 victims killed in a Texas elementary school shooting last May gathered Tuesday at the state capitol in Austin to renew their calls for tighter assault weapon restrictions, just days after three separate shootings in California left 24 people dead

Daily Mirror

Boy, 6, who shot teacher 'said he wanted to set her on fire and watch her die'

Teachers voiced their concerns over the six-year-old boy's behaviour but were ignored after he shot Abby Zwerner, 25, at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia

Tribune News Service

Handgun used by 6-year-old who shot teacher was secured with trigger lock and ‘out of reach’ on closet shelf, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The 9 mm handgun a 6-year-old student used to shoot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School was secured with a trigger lock and kept out of the boy’s reach at the family’s Newport News home, according to an attorney representing the child’s mother.

Tribune News Service

Family of 6-year-old who shot teacher releases statement, says gun was secure

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The family of the 6-year-old student who police say shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School issued its first public statement about the shooting, saying the boy “suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan” in which his parents attended school with him.

Los Angeles Times

LA Catholic schools are growing after years of decline. But is it enough?

LOS ANGELES -- When the time came to select her daughter's elementary school, Inglewood, California, resident Nichole Celistan searched for a campus that fostered community, a school where her child would thrive.

Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: The legal system has never had an answer for violent kids

According to news reports, the 6-year-old accused of shooting a teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school is unlikely to be charged with a crime. That decision highlights something that’s long been true: We just don’t know what to do about violence by small children.

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