The Latest Breaking News from Elementary School

Six-year-old boy found with loaded handgun at Virginia school weeks after teacher shot

Mother of boy who brought gun to Norfolk elementary school is now facing charges

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2023

'Barefoot Gen' to be removed from Hiroshima peace education textbook

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima city board of education plans to replace a long-used and globally known manga series that depicts the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima as part of its peace education materials used at municipal schools in the next academic year.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 18, 2023

6-year-old brings handgun to Va. elementary school, police say; mother charged

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk police charged the mother of a 6-year-old whom police said brought a handgun to Little Creek Elementary School on Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2023

Police issue citations as activists attempt to enter shuttered Woodlawn school housing newly arrived immigrants

The city’s plans to transform the shuttered James Wadsworth Elementary School into a temporary shelter for migrants seeking asylum has been met with controversy in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 11, 2023

Boy, 6, who shot teacher in classroom had 'history of violent behaviour at school'

Lawyers for teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, accuse Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, US, of failing to act despite being told the student had a gun in his backpack

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023

Elementary school principal and gym teacher fired for having sex on campus as his wife filmed them

‘Totality of the evidence tends to support Mr Charles’s claim of an inappropriate relationship,’ outside investigators say in report

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Boy, 5, found with gun magazine and ammunition in backpack at primary school

Police were called to Porter Elementary School in New York, US, on Monday after staff discovered a 5-year-old boy had a gun magazine and ammunition in his backpack

Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2023

Parents at school where boy, 6, shot teacher prepare to sue

The families of two students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

First-grade student who shot teacher in US school allegedly tried to choke another teacher

Teacher Abby Zwerner was seriously injured when she was shot by a six-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School on January 6

Irish Mirror · Feb 7, 2023

Boy, 6, who shot teacher tried to choke colleague 'until she couldn't breath'

Abby Zwerner, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, US, was shot at a reading table in her classroom after a 6-year-old boy stashed a gun into his backpack

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2023