You have to wonder what is happening on school campuses these days. Why do some students act the way they do and why do some turn to violence?

Over the years there has been one tragic campus incident report after another: Someone entering a school campus, going into a classroom, and causing harm and destruction. To put it bluntly, young people have been killed for no reason.

There is an enormous focus on the safety and security of the campus, the students, staff, and teachers. Then, something like this happens:

At McClendon Elementary School, a teacher was suspended after locking a student out of her classroom that was allegedly threatening to kill her. Students in the classroom said the student outside “kept banging on the door and yelling at us. I was worried but I wasn’t crying, most of the kids were crying.”

Mike Sheperd, CISD school board president, said this after refusing the opportunity for an interview.

“The safety of our staff and students remains a priority and please understand that it is our practice to maintain confidentially in matters regarding CISD staff and students.”

I get the safety concept quite well, and, of course, there should be some degree of confidentiality. However, if the outcome were different, we would all know what really happened by now, and where the weak link is.

The acting superintendent said the student in question has behavioral issues and was never a threat. Parents say they are outraged that the child has been allowed back in school.

Moms like Brandie Bohmer are now demanding change.

“She was protecting children in that class. She took a student; she locked him out of the class, because he said he wanted to kill them. In my opinion she saved all those kids… she was helping, trying to save all those kids.”

Another parent, Connie Miller Maestas Wilson wrote on her Facebook page that the meeting was worthless.

“They gave us nothing but empty promises, and guarantees. They would not promise us that this child that threatened to kill our children would not be in the school when they start counting our children absent.”

Jimmy Dyess, another parent within the district, said, “I think it [the meeting] was a lot of rhetoric and lies.”

This seems like a pretty easy call to me. Stough protected her students from what seemed like potential harm. If somebody said they were going to kill you, wouldn’t you take that threat pretty seriously? I sure would.

Suspended teacher Judy Stough was just named teacher of the month in April.

Source: AWM