Another school shooting (Teacher vs. Principal) that got overlooked by national media.

[Randall Flagg]

KNOXVILLE — Amy Brace, the assistant principal wounded Wednesday in the shooting at Inskip Elementary School, has gone home from the hospital.

Principal Elisa Luna, who was also wounded, remains in serious condition this afternoon at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Brace’s family had hoped she’d leave the hospital this weekend.

“She’s a positive person, and she’s in good spirits,” brother David Brace said Friday.

Interim Principal Jamie Snyder has been named at Inskip. She was the school’s literacy coach.

Inskip staff will report to school Monday for a scheduled in-service day. All Knox County students, including Inskip’s, will report back to school Tuesday.

Knoxville police said Luna, 39, and Brace, 40, were shot Wednesday minutes after they told fourth-grade teacher Mark Stephen Foster his contract wouldn’t be renewed. Foster, 48, remains in jail on two charges of attempted first-degree murder and a charge of carrying a gun on school property.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/feb/13/inskip-shooting-victim-leaves-hospital/

WTF is going on?

[southerncrone]

1. The education field is becoming infested w/unstable individuals.

For starters, many people no longer want to go into the profession, or continue in it, because of low pay for the responsibility/liability that goes along w/the job. Teachers are no longer respected, but treated like second-class citizens. This leaves openings that must be filled, so these crazies are infiltrating the system. There is not nearly enough background checking that goes into being hired as an educator. It is becoming a dangerous job....students bring weapons to school or physically attack teachers, parents blame them for ALL of their children's problems (huge amount of parental denial going on) & attack teachers, plus you now must fear your colleagues going postal. This problem is just going to snowball, as these shootings reveal. Once the crazies are hired & told they won't be coming back, they respond the way crazies do.....erratically & violently. Then everyone around is just a sitting duck. Thank God no kids were involved.

I personally feel 3 teachers at my school are very unstable, but nothing will be done because replacements can't be found. This is especially true in the fields of math, science & foreign language. Not to mention the nepotism that is rampant....if your crazy BIL or cousin needs a job, hey give 'em a teaching job. That way nobody (no business) gets hurt. :eyes:

Goes to show that children are not held in high regard by our government. Could it be because they can't vote or pay taxes?:shrug:

[ashling]

2. Sorry you missed it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7688020

Teacher charged after 2 principals shot at school

Associated Press - February 10, 2010 4:25 PM ET

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials say a Knoxville elementary school principal has been critically injured and her assistant principal was wounded during a shooting at their office. Police identified the suspect as a co-worker.

Police said they charged 48-year-old Mark Stephen Foster with two counts of attempted first-degree murder after the shooting at Inskip Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. The school Web site identifies Foster as a fourth-grade teacher at Inskip.

University of Tennessee Medical Center officials said Principal Elisa Luna was in critical condition and Assistant Principal Amy Brace was in stable condition.

No students were at school during the early afternoon shooting because they had been dismissed early for snow. A school spokeswoman said classes would canceled for the rest of the week.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

I think I also saw a thread on here indicating that the shooter had previously shot her brother ... could be wrong on that

[Randall Flagg]

3. thanks for the heads up.

I should have known that DU would have had this.

[ashling]

4. DU had it

the point I was making was that it was an Associated Press story, therefore it was in mainstream news (with a small "n") :shrug: