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Resident raises school-safety concern, alleges a past attack at Passage Middle School and calls for review
Summary
During public comment at the Jan. 28 meeting, resident John Bloom urged council to investigate whether law enforcement was notified after an alleged January 2023 incident at Passage Middle School in which a student stabbed a teacher with a pencil, and asked that the student be moved out of regular schools; no city action was taken at the meeting.
At the Jan. 28 Newport News City Council meeting, resident John Bloom used the public comment period to urge the city to check whether law enforcement and other authorities were notified after an alleged attack on a teacher at Passage Middle School in January 2023.
Bloom told the council he first learned of…
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