“after I and *so many* of my fellow special education teachers have been seriously injured with \*zero\* action, we know we are.”source ↗

“In my five years of being a teacher at one school, I've known four different coworkers who have been physically or s*xually assaulted by students, and in every one of those four instances, the incident was written off as a "manifestation of the child's disability."”source ↗

“Most recent incident involved a kid hitting a teacher so hard they got a concussion.”source ↗

“Yesterday my favorite teacher friend at the high school where I work got threatened. A freshman boy yelled, "I'm going to fkn kill you!"”source ↗

“Has anyone had the experience of being threatened and pressing charges? I'm curious as to what the next steps are and what she should expect.”source ↗

“A few days ago, he threatened to slit another student's throat.... All they did was give him 3 days of in school suspension.”source ↗

“As you can imagine, my coworkers and I are very uncomfortable and I feel like our students are not safe as long as this boy is in our school.”source ↗

“What other recourse do me and my coworkers have? I'm genuinely shocked administration enrolled this student.”source ↗

“I'm worried that it's just a matter of time before he gets his hands on another gun and brings it to school.”source ↗

“A student broke my thumb and wasn’t even sent home for the day. I had to use a sick day to go to the clinic that day because they said I should have come back to school to finish the day”source ↗

“One time at my old elementary school one of my fifth graders nearly dislocated my finger. Absolutely zero consequences for him. Meanwhile, I was forced to apologize to him”source ↗

“Our negotiated contract states we are entitled to a safe working environment. Everyone also knows those of us in SPED are the exception.”source ↗