Whitey Ford
11-24-2023, 02:36 PM
The kids are not all right: Violence, intruders and chaos at Charlottesville High School
Friday was a breaking point for teachers at CHS (https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/the-kids-are-not-all-right-violence-intruders-and-chaos-at-charlottesville-high-school/article_32d5984a-85a4-11ee-abda-9fd273572186.html)
Charlottesville High School cancels Friday classes because of fights (https://www.cbs19news.com/story/50023608/charlottesville-high-school-cancels-friday-classes-because-of-fights)
https://i.imgur.com/ULUIOr4.jpg
Students roaming the hallways during class. Brawls in the common areas. Intruders let onto school premises. Teachers afraid for their own safety. Administrators unwilling or unable to discipline.
Things are not OK at Charlottesville High School.
On Friday, classes were abruptly canceled when teachers did not show up to work. The decision by so many school employees to call out appears to have been prompted by a series of wild student brawls that occurred the day before.
At least one of those fights included an 18-year-old intruder who does not even attend CHS and who was let into the school by a student for the sole purpose of perpetrating violence.
According to the staffer, things are far worse at CHS than administrators are letting on. There has been one fight every week since the beginning of the school year, they said.
And those fights have been “larger and more ferocious” than in previous years.
“That’s because there are more kids in the hall with more accessibility and more opportunity,” the staffer said. “And I think this is a really important point to make: There’s about 30 kids that never go to class and have not gone to class from the first day. They’ve never intended to go to class and do nothing but walk the halls and avoid adults.”
“If an adult approaches them, they swear at them, keep walking and there are no consequences,” the staffer continued. “Those 30 kids set the tone for the rest of the 1,400 kids in the school.”
The band of students, which the anonymous staffer said often walks the halls in groups of five, have at worst received suspensions of five or 10 days. Gurley suggested Friday that longer suspensions or other repercussions could be implemented to discipline bad actors.
“When kids are using profanity to explain to the teacher why they’re not going to go to class, they often include verbal threats,” the staffer said. “There are just so many kids that are willing to be physical very quickly. I’m sure there are some teachers that fear they can be the next target.”
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/the-kids-are-not-all-right-violence-intruders-and-chaos-at-charlottesville-high-school/article_32d5984a-85a4-11ee-abda-9fd273572186.html
Friday was a breaking point for teachers at CHS (https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/the-kids-are-not-all-right-violence-intruders-and-chaos-at-charlottesville-high-school/article_32d5984a-85a4-11ee-abda-9fd273572186.html)
Charlottesville High School cancels Friday classes because of fights (https://www.cbs19news.com/story/50023608/charlottesville-high-school-cancels-friday-classes-because-of-fights)
https://i.imgur.com/ULUIOr4.jpg
Students roaming the hallways during class. Brawls in the common areas. Intruders let onto school premises. Teachers afraid for their own safety. Administrators unwilling or unable to discipline.
Things are not OK at Charlottesville High School.
On Friday, classes were abruptly canceled when teachers did not show up to work. The decision by so many school employees to call out appears to have been prompted by a series of wild student brawls that occurred the day before.
At least one of those fights included an 18-year-old intruder who does not even attend CHS and who was let into the school by a student for the sole purpose of perpetrating violence.
According to the staffer, things are far worse at CHS than administrators are letting on. There has been one fight every week since the beginning of the school year, they said.
And those fights have been “larger and more ferocious” than in previous years.
“That’s because there are more kids in the hall with more accessibility and more opportunity,” the staffer said. “And I think this is a really important point to make: There’s about 30 kids that never go to class and have not gone to class from the first day. They’ve never intended to go to class and do nothing but walk the halls and avoid adults.”
“If an adult approaches them, they swear at them, keep walking and there are no consequences,” the staffer continued. “Those 30 kids set the tone for the rest of the 1,400 kids in the school.”
The band of students, which the anonymous staffer said often walks the halls in groups of five, have at worst received suspensions of five or 10 days. Gurley suggested Friday that longer suspensions or other repercussions could be implemented to discipline bad actors.
“When kids are using profanity to explain to the teacher why they’re not going to go to class, they often include verbal threats,” the staffer said. “There are just so many kids that are willing to be physical very quickly. I’m sure there are some teachers that fear they can be the next target.”
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/the-kids-are-not-all-right-violence-intruders-and-chaos-at-charlottesville-high-school/article_32d5984a-85a4-11ee-abda-9fd273572186.html