U.S. teachers already are asked to serve as guidance counselors, social workers, surrogate parents and more to their students. Now they're weighing what it means to be called on as protectors amid fears about gun violence in the nation’s schools.
in Colorado in 1999, and Salfia said teachers think about the risks every day.
“We’re sort of left in this moment where we do expect teachers and schools to solve all our problems and do it quickly,” he said. The three employees watched in horror less than two weeks later as news of the Uvalde shooting unfolded. Kindergarten teacher Ana Hernandez said Texas educators are anxious after a rough patch that has lasted years and shows no sign of ending. She and a group of colleagues from Dilley drove an hour to Uvalde to do all they could, delivering donated stuffed animals and cases of water. She said more is needed.
Eventually, police persuaded the boy to let everyone go. After at least another hour and a half, his pastor helped convince the boy to surrender. A few months later, he was sentenced to a juvenile facility until he turns 21.
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