50 shell-shocked teachers, staff flee chaotic Florida school district
December 9, 2022
Violent and disrespectful classroom behavior has led to a staggering 50 teachers and bus drivers to quit a Florida school district in the last two years.
Brevard County School District, the state’s 10th-largest, held a heated meeting Thursday that offered an unvarnished and often disturbing glimpse into the state of its classrooms.
“On an everyday basis I am deflecting being attacked, scratched, headbutted, pushed, hit,” teacher Alicia Kelderhouse said as her voice choked with emotion. “I’ve had my hair pulled, and pulled down to the ground. I’ve had my throat gone for on multiple occasions. It’s on an everyday basis right now.”
Kelderhouse said staffers often commiserate in the morning to muster the courage to face the day — and that frightened kids are grappling with the same fears.
“I have students who are afraid every day in the classroom,” she said. “It’s just not fair to them. That’s what hurts my heart the most.”
The head of the district’s beleaguered teachers union, Anthony Collucci, recounted recent incidents reported by staffers to school administrators.
One student began masturbating inside a classroom, an act that was recorded by a classmate and posted to a group chat.
Another teacher was hit in the face with a tape dispenser, while a colleague suffered a bite mark the “size of an orange” after a student munched on her arm.
Another educator frequently had to remove all furniture from her class because kids were routinely chucking it around the room or at each other.
vey said classrooms have descended into chaos because kids no longer fear consequences.
“As a result, we are losing teachers en masse,” he said, calling disruptive students “clowns” who are impeding the education of their classmates.
Several speakers criticized Ivey at Thursday’s meeting, and highlighted that suspensions are meted out in disproportionately high numbers to black students.
“Our children are not clowns,” said a local NAACP member. “They are not snot-nosed.” He accused Ivey of using “scare tactics” and “bullying” in pushing for disciplinary clampdowns.
Sauce/more: https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/staff-quit-school-district-over-violent-and-unruly-kids/
In my day, kids got expelled for back talk. Physical violence against teachers was unheard of. Time to institute "reform schools". The teachers know which ones are the problem. Remove them from the scene and get back to teaching, not babysitting.
Exactly. When I was young here in Oklahoma we sent those animals to the military based academy. Like bootcamp. Then fast lane them into the military and boom, not our problem anymore. I have no clue if we still do that or not.
The military is NOT your trash heap! Military leaders are too busy training and maintaining to put up with these asshats. They get thrown out and back on the street and now they are YOUR problem again. Fix the problem up front, don't try to hand it off for someone else to clean up your shit.
Oh they aren't anyone's problem by the time the academy drill Sergents are through with em. Those guys shape those kids up way before they ship to military service. Don't doubt our drill Sergent's work especially the guys back in the 90s. They didn't fuck around. If you think they can't handle a preteen goon your dead wrong. Lol they have mind games that will turn their brain to spaghetti then rebuild it into a well oiled machine.