Virginia School Board attorneys argued that Abigail Zwerner - the 1st grade teacher shot in her classroom by a 6yo - is not entitled to more than worker’s compensation bc the shooting was “a workplace injury” & “hazard of the job.”
@Sheril If it was a worker's comp issue then it's an workplace health and safety issue and the employers responsible need to be charged with failing to provide a safe workspace and forced to take appropriate remedial action to make the workplace safe.
@Sheril for a cop maybe, not for a nurse, teacher or someone taking on the role of a public servant. Even a prison guard would probably be able to sue the prison if they were shot by a prisoner and it was proven that it was due to the negligence of the prison. Outside of a parody on her workplace I don’t believe she’s ever uttered the words “it comes with the job” after she saves two children held hostage in another teachers classroom. Negligence of parents or school. That’s where I’d be going🎖.
@Sheril So all teachers join a union and go on strike until they receive hazard payments in their weekly pay check...
Or they all take their teaching skills to countries where teachers do not get shot. Lots of developing countries would welcome them.
@Sheril. Stories that once would have been in #TheOnion, as parody, are now real, as are #teacher shortages (for this and other reasons, of course. See #Florida). No need to wonder why.
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