When a six-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia's coast, the community reacted with collective shock.
During a three-hour school board meeting, Newport News teachers and parents said students who assaulted classmates and staff were routinely allowed to stay in the classroom with few consequences.
They said the shooting of Abigail Zwerner could have been prevented if not for a toxic environment in which teachers' concerns are systemically ignored.
