Teacher assigned students to write ‘ways to kill’ a classmate
A middle school teacher has been arrested after giving her students an assignment to write about killing a classmate.
The assignment directed students to come up with ‘ways to kill’ one particular pupil within the English class at Crestwood Middle School in Chesapeake, Virginia, according to court records obtained by WTKR on Wednesday.
It was a student’s idea, but the teacher ran with it, the documents state. The students proceeded to work on the assignment on their tablets.
The students’ ideas for killing the student included burning him alive, chopping him, throwing him out the window and giving him to a dog to eat, per the records.
On that night in January 2022, the boy shared the assignment with his parents, who informed authorities.
Questioned on the incident, the teacher explained that the student who was the subject of the assignment did not seem upset by it. The teacher added that it was difficult to engage the students, but admitted that the assignment was not appropriate and should not have been carried out.
The teacher has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of contributing to a minor’s delinquency.
Beside being arrested, the teacher surrendered his license to instruct. He has not been identified.
The teacher was employed at the middle school from August 2020 to April 2022, according to the Chesapeake School District.
‘Our practice is that we do not comment further on such situations involving personnel,’ stated the school district.
‘The safety of our students is our top priority, and Chesapeake Public Schools expects all employees to act with the utmost professionalism to provide a positive learning environment for all students.’
He was let go more than a year before a kindergartner wrote a story in class about her mother firing a gun in a fight with her father. The teacher at Donelson Elementary School in Arlington, Tennessee, reported possible child abuse, which led to the mother’s arrest.
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