After Abigail Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student on Jan. 6, other teachers are speaking out with anger and sadness — but not shock.
, Abigail Zwerner's lawyer said three different teachers went to the school administration about the boy’s behavior and said they believed he had a gun on campus prior to the incident.
"The school division’s investigation is ongoing," Michelle Price, director of public information and community involvement, wrote. “Last week, it was Abby Zwerner. Next week, it could be any one of us,” Casler tells TODAY.com. “We all have similar stories of extreme behaviors escalating to dangerous levels while administrators ignore red flags. Behaviors like this build slowly over time and are fanned by the flames of apathy and fear. I believe that this will continue happening until there are major shifts in society and systemic changes in our public schools.
"A student, who I knew had access to guns, stared me down and said, 'I know where you live.' I had two infant children, so this was just horrifying," one teacher named Kristy commented on the post."My school said they could do nothing because his speech was protected and was not enough of a threat. I went to the police. The police said that the threat was not direct or specific enough. He would have had to say something like, 'Mrs.
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