3rd Graders plot to kill their teacher

[jaymes_e06]

By Angela Williams
First Coast News

WAYCROSS, GA -- It's the type of news you don't expect to hear coming out of an elementary school.

Nine third grade students suspended at Center Elementary in Waycross for an alleged plot to attack their teacher.

"This plot was uncovered at the point that something dangerous was brought to the school," says Lt. Dwayne Caswell with Waycross Police.

Police say the students were hatching a plan to harm their teacher Friday morning. They even brought items from home to carry out the plan.

"They had a broken steak knife, a crystal paper weight, toy handcuffs, several items and tape and stuff," says Lt. Caswell.

Early Tuesday, the Waycross Police Department released photos of some of those items. They include the knife, handcuffs, and gloves.

Ware County School officials say a classmate told the principal about one of the students bringing a weapon to school. The discovery was later made that more students were in on the plot. The school says it’s a matter they are not taking lightly.

"Some might say 'They were young and in the third grade and how serious could it be?', but anytime our students' safety or our teachers' safety is compromised we obviously have to take that very seriously," says Theresa Martin with Ware County Schools.

The school district says all the students are suspended until further disciplinary action is decided.

"We continue to do what we always do which is work to make our students aware that this is not appropriate and we ask our parents to help us. The whole saying that it takes a village to raise a child is very appropriate at this time," says Martin.

Police say no criminal charges will be brought forth against the students.

The District Attorney is handling the case and students will most likely face juvenile charges of Unruly Child.

Source: www.firstcoastnews.com

 

[cerealkiller182]

damn those 3rd graders are way to informed and resourceful to pull that **** off

 

[jaymes_e06]

Right^^ it is scary to think that especially since I work with kids in that age group.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

If a story seems too weird to be true on April 1st it probably isn't true.

 

[jaymes_e06]

I swear it was just on CNN. I'm not kiddig this is real I swear.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Its definitely suspect of a prank

 

[jaymes_e06]

I swear I DON'T EVEN celebrate April Foolz day.

 

[Immortalfire]

3rd graders did this? Kids are wayyyy too informed these days.

 

[Eggyman]

3rd graders did this? Kids are wayyyy too informed these days.

Yes, and by the looks they ahve far to many anger issues

 

[terry78]

I saw it on CNN, it's on the up and up. I wouldn't assume everything is an april fool's gag today...a lot of weird **** happens as we all know.

 

[Raiden]

I doubt this is an April Fool's joke; this is no laughing matter.

 

[Prison Mike]

ahh. kids grow up so fast.

 

[Prison Mike]

here's the article from yahoo:

Cops: 3rd-graders aimed to hurt teacher By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer
57 minutes ago



A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning children tasks including covering the windows and cleaning up afterward, police said Tuesday.

The plot by as many as nine boys and girls at Center Elementary School in south Georgia was a serious threat, Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner said.

"We did not hear anybody say they intended to kill her, but could they have accidentally killed her? Absolutely," Tanner said. "We feel like if they weren't interrupted, there would have been an attempt. Would they have been successful? We don't know."

The children, ages 8 and 9, were apparently mad at the teacher because she had scolded one of them for standing on a chair, Tanner said. A prosecutor said they are too young to be charged with a crime under Georgia law.

School officials alerted police Friday after a pupil tipped off a teacher that a girl had brought a weapon to school, Tanner said.

Police seized a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape, electrical and transparent tape, ribbons and a crystal paperweight from the students, who apparently intended to use them against the teacher, Tanner said.

Nine children have been given discipline up to and including long-term suspension, said Theresa Martin, spokeswoman for the Ware County school system. She would not be more specific but said none of the children had been back to school since the case came to light.

The purported target is a veteran educator who teaches third-grade students with learning disabilities including attention deficit disorder, delayed development and hyperactivity, friends and parents said.

The scheme involved a division of roles, Tanner said. One child's job was to cover windows so no one could see outside, he said. Another was supposed to clean up after the attack.

"We're not sure at this point in the investigation how many of the students actually knew the intent was to hurt the teacher," Tanner said.

The parents of the students have cooperated with investigators, who aren't allowed to question the children without their parents' or guardians' consent, he said. Authorities have withheld the children's names.

Police expected to forward the results of their investigation to prosecutors, Tanner said.

Children in Georgia can't be charged with a crime unless they are at least 13, District Attorney Rick Currie said.

Martin told The Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville, Fla., that administrators would follow school system policy and state law in disciplining the students.

"From what I understand, they were considered pretty good kids," Martin said. "But we have to take this seriously, whether they were serious or not about carrying this through, and that's what we did."

Four mothers of other third-grade students at Center Elementary called for the immediate expulsion of the suspected plotters.

Stacy Carter and Deana Hiott both cited school system policy stating that any student who brings "anything reasonably considered to be a weapon" is to be expelled for at least the remainder of the school year.

"We don't want our children around them," Carter told the Times-Union. "The one with the knife could have stabbed my child or someone else's child at lunch or out on the playground."

"This is an isolated incident, an aberration. ... We have good kids," Center Principal Angie Coleman told the newspaper.

 

[The Guard]

That's just...classic.

 

[zanos]

If I were the teacher I would have knocked all 3 on their asses if they tried something.

 

[Tempest19]

wow. I should make this into a movie. It would bring a whole new light to little kids gone psycho. "Now that will teach you who to mess with, Mrs. Kimble."

 

[Kelly]

And that is why I teach kids that are taller than me.....

 

[Tyrinus]

Two things come to my mind:

How crappy is this teacher?
And, man how embarrassing would it be to be taken down by a bunch of 8 years olds.

 

[Tempest19]

/\ That's why it would make for the excellent movie.

KILLERS AT LARGE:

 

[Twin2]

Anyone else reminded of the story "Suffer the little children"?

 

[The Apocalypse]

 

[Lobo]

Poor Bella she teaches 3rd Grade

 

[muertevilla]

how disappointing. they got caught before they could do anything about it. i hated my third grade teacher.

 

[Silverstein]

This teacher should be evaluated. Students think of teachers and adults as role models at that age. To plot to harm or kill someone who is your mentor means that the person must have really hurt them emotionally. So trying to hurt the person physically is only retaliation.

 

[kane9321]

holy crap