At last some sanity is prevailing in the case of Abigail Zwerner, the Richneck Elementary School teacher who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students in January of 2023. Zwerner sued the school district and pointed out that administrators at the school were warned multiple times that a student with a prior history of violence had brought a gun to school, but did nothing about it. The district responded by arguing Zwerner’s injuries were covered by Workers’ Compensation, essentially arguing that getting shot by a student was just part of the job these days.
Deja Taylor, the mother of the 6-year-old shooter, pleaded guilty to lying on a form when she bought the gun used in the shooting and was given a 21-month federal sentence on top of a two-year state sentence. That was well-earned but still the administrators who ignored the danger that day seemed to have escaped any…
