Virginia school officials ousted Newport News Superintendent George Parker Wednesday after a 6-year-old boy shot a teacher earlier this month.
voted 5-1 to approve a separation agreement and severance with Superintendent George Parker III during a special meeting. Board member Gary Hunter dissented. School board officials ousted Newport News Superintendent of Schools George Parker during a special meeting Wednesday, weeks after a 6-year-old student fired the handgun that wounded a first-grade teacher during class.
Before the vote, Hunter said the board was rushing to oust Parker despite his positive performance evaluations. A shooting in a classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., happened on Friday after an altercation between a student and a teacher, officials said. The removal came weeks after the Jan. 6 shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student during class. The boy shot 25-year-old Abigail Zwerner with a handgun owned by his mother as she taught class at Richneck Elementary School.. On Wednesday, her attorney, Diane Toscano, said that on the day of the shooting, concerned teachers and employees warned administrators three times that the boy had a gun on him and was threatening other students,"but the administration could not be bothered.
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