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Newport News resident urges council to check school notification and safety after claimed assault at Passage Middle School
Summary
A resident told the City Council during citizen comments that a student stabbed a teacher with a pencil and urged officials to confirm whether law enforcement and school officials followed required reporting procedures.
During the council’s citizen-comments period, resident John Bloom urged the City Council to investigate school safety and whether law enforcement had been notified after what Bloom described as an assault at Passage Middle School.
Bloom told the council he learned, while working as a math teacher at Passage Middle School, about “a child that stabbed a teacher with a pencil.” He said parents expressed concern for their children’s safety and that school officials did not notify families. “I violated the…
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