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“That teacher called the school’s office and shared what she knew with a fourth teacher who picked up the phone, the notice stated. The fourth teacher relayed the information to Parker, who said she was aware of the threat and that the student’s backpack had been searched.
The third and fourth teachers conferred again. And the fourth teacher returned to Parker’s office, where a guidance counselor was raising similar concerns about the student having a gun, the notice stated.
The guidance counselor asked if he could search the child for a weapon, to which Parker said “no” because the child’s mother was arriving soon to pick him up, the notice stated.
“Then approximately 45 minutes later Ms. Zwerner was shot in her left hand and upper chest by the shooter,” the notice stated. “Ms. Zwerner was sitting at her reading table when the shooter, who was sitting at his desk, pulled the gun out of his pocket and shot her one time.”
She (Parker) had a guidance counselor in her office and still said “No”.  Man, that’s really fucked up. This kid has serious fucking problems and there shouldn’t have been a firearm in the house, hell, I’d hide the forks.
That poor teacher, I hope she recovers and goes after everyone who was complicit in this.
goddamn,  sounds absolutely premeditated.  
"Two days before the shooting, the boy allegedly “slammed” Zwerner’s cellphone and broke it, according to the claim notice. He was given a one-day suspension, but when he returned to Zwerner’s class the following day, he pulled a 9mm handgun out of his pocket and shot her while she sat at a reading table, the notice says." >

Well, yeah, he brought a gun. 
I wonder if there were any risk assessments done for concerning behaviour? 
That’s what would happen in a Canadian school. >

So here's what we learned from other articles:
- another student warned the front office about it because he had shown bullets to other students before he shot her
-the teacher warned the office about issues after the phone was taken, the front office said "it's end of day so nothing we can do"
-the parents claimed the child was in a program and was supposed to be in the class with him, but wasn't that day. 
-parents claim the gun was locked up...(qustionable). 
So basically there was a lot that wasn't done, but there was a lot of warning. >

That part about the front office doing nothing checks out. In my brief time working at public schools several kids engaged in violently disruptive behavior and the general response was - handle it yourself. >

That must be a US-specific thing.
I know Canadian parents may claim the front office does nothing, but provided everyone does their job, this is not a thing. >

The front office staff knew me better than anyone in my high school. My home life wasn’t awesome (but I was self sufficient from like 15) and they didn’t really ask a lot of questions, but sometimes would hand me a bus pass, bag of groceries, a yearbook in grade 12 (only year I got one), stuff like that. Never made a big deal of it, trusted me when I said I was fine, just kind of knew what I needed. I ended up dating one of their sons for 7 years lol. They notice what’s going on, even when it isn’t necessarily behaviour! >

Those are the relationships that are so important for kids, especially vulnerable ones.
I hope you’re able to pay that forward or somehow educate people on the importance of that sort of kindness. >

Im actually a social worker; I worked for several years with youth transitioning out of the child welfare system, helping them get established, build life skills, go to post-secondary, upgrading, or getting on disability, etc. Unfortunately I burned out after a few serious incidents too many and have transitioned to a cushier office job, but in general I think I’ll always be in a position of supporting people who don’t always feel heard (I work in medical complaint resolution now).
ETA TL;DR - I try to pay it forward, didn’t mean to ramble >

Oh thank you for your answer; not rambling at all. You obviously put yourself out there. Thank you.
I don’t know how people don’t burn out in that job, and wonder how people manage. Do you think there should be “tours of duty” or something to rotate people in and out of the field? >

I definitely think it’s a job that should have an expiry date or some kind of rotation. I did child welfare investigations, intakes, guardianship, mostly high risk youth/young adults. All of it is hard in different ways, and the lifers are….challenging to be around. >

“The teacher requested anonymity because she fears potential retaliation from the school district”
Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!? >

Teachers are routinely discouraged from pressing charges when assaulted by students, and subject to retaliation if they ever stand up for themselves. 
Many districts also have very strict policies regarding district employees speaking to the press, and if they don't get fired immediately, they'll definitely be gone as soon as possible (probably the next school year). >

At my high school my former foods teacher was fired bc she slapped a student. The school board didn’t care that she was a 4 foot 10 inch, 140 lbs woman and the student was 6 feet tall, backing her bodily up against a table, forcing her to bend over backwards as he got more and more in her face while looming over her and boxed her in. She slapped him out of fear, but got fired. Even with video of the whole thing, including how the student was a pos leading up to it. Ridiculous. >

It's one thing you aren't told when you go into teaching: If the students attack you, you are not allowed to do shit about it. >

Screw that. The school district hasn’t got power over the state’s self defense laws. You might get fired but you kill the little shit if the try to kill you. >

Getting fired - especially with little chance of being re-hired in the same industry (what would happen if you are a teacher) - is a consequence that harbors death for many people. For some it might even exceed death, as their own life is not as big of a priority as being able to support their family with their income, and things like life insurance and… I guess memorial funds or suing for fat damages or goFundme… exist in the case of sudden death.
Basically - in the U.S. there is not much safety net. If you have a special needs child dependent on your health insurance, which is inextricably tied to your job, for example - you’d be surprised how quick youd be able to shrug off “well… he did shoot me - but on the other hand, it’s not like I died” >

Conduct disorder? Where tf are the parents? Why are we not hearing about them? >

They should be in jail. >

For life. The child likely learned violent abusive behavior at home >

I have a child with ODD (oppositional defiant disorder).  We tried everything the army of therapists told us to do and he's barely functional now. 
I have another child who is making straight A's and is very well behaved.
It's not always the parents. >

Can I ask a few questions? Like, how do you function? It must be so very tiring, not only dealing with a defiant kid but the judgement of other parents. 
Do you regret having the kid? 
I'm honestly curious. Feel free to ignore me completely! >

It's exhausting, no lie, but you eventually learn the strategies that manage it and they become habits. I love him and don't regret him, ever.  
With ODD it's all about managing the triggering incidents. It's as simple as framing 'orders' as 'questions'. They have issues with authority.
Triggering: 'Go clean your room' or even 'Please, go clean your room.'
Reframe: 'You may choose to clean your room now or you can start in 5 minutes.'
My biggest problem was every single year some teacher or administrator just couldn't do this. Their egos couldn't handle not being bossy.  So every year, 90% of the staff would use the techniques and he'd be fine. Decent grades, no major behavior issues. The other 10% would be a constant nightmare, and inevitably take little things and escalate them into him having a full on meltdown. I swear some adults have such fragile egos they need to get into a pissing contest with a child to validate themselves. Then he'd end up in alternative school. And that's what really derailed his educational track. 
He dropped out and he is getting his GED.. After that he's going to trade school.  Fortunately, we're in a financial position to help support him during this.  In contrast every other kid with ODD I knew from the parental support groups when he was little are in prison, homeless, drug addicts, etc.  One killed a guy.  One finally got kicked out of his house for beating his mom and younger siblings. So, hey!  We're doing great by that metric. >

So this is coming from someone with absolutely no experience with ODD and having never heard of it prior, but I'm very curious so forgive me if this is really basic knowledge.
Is that something a child grows out of at a certain point?  I know plenty of adults who have incredibly fragile egos but I can't help but think that descriptor would be applied to someone with ODD just as easily once they hit adulthood without prior knowledge of their condition.  
It's good that your son's going into trade school and it seems like he's got things in order from the sound of it, but do you anticipate any issues with apprenticeships or the educational structure they have in place for such skills? >

It's primarily a childhood disorder. It's not generally diagnosed in adults. It's not so much that you grow out of it, but the child either got treatment and grows up able to self-manage....or they are in prison and nobody cares what their diagnosis is. >

How does an ODD child who has had the benefit of most of the adults in his life framing things as “requests” instead of orders going to be able to handle working in a real world job? Especially a trade where most supervisors are not the coddling type. >

Children haven't developed executive function and self control, so part of what you're doing is buying them time for those things to develop. And, honestly, if you've never worked in construction you'd be surprised. Those folks are micromanaged less than many white collar jobs or the service industry generally.  You show up, you do your job right, and you're golden.  They cuss more and are rougher around the edges, but he likes that kind of stuff. 
Right now he's working in fast food, and as long as they put him on the grill and leave him alone, he's a star employee.  The few times they tried to make him work drive thru...yeah. That went hilariously poorly. >

Jfc. I hope Zwerner sues the shit out of assistant principal Parker’s ass too. Seriously, it took 4 teachers and a guidance counselor to press the issue and this bitch still said “no” to search the kid and calling the police. Unbelievable.