you guys are crazy. at the point at which a student makes threats against a TEACHER, that is an egregious violation that policy dictates goes to a superintendent's suspension, meaning the child is removed from the school and placed in a special school until a hearing with the superintendent is scheduled (within 2 weeks usually). then the principal, the teachers involved, and the student have to appear in referee's court and there's an actual presentation of the case, etc. usually the kid doesn't show up and pleads "no contest" and the decision to suspend or expel is made. as an example of severities, one kid at a school last year pointed at a teacher who was across the hall and, unbeknownst to the teacher, told a student "I'm going to fuck him up". the students reported it and the kid was suspended for 55 days.
it's a major violation of union rules for there not to be severe consequences when students show violence towards teachers--not just to protect the teachers, but because it makes it impossible to assure the other kids' safety, if the kid in question is at the point where he has that complete lack of respect for a teacher.
i do have some of those gun-drawing kids but they're cool and are the kids who asked me to start a D&D club. i don't think they'll really do anything about it. the kid who threatened me, though, hasn't been home in 3 weeks (no one knows where he comes to school from; he sure doesn't do work here). he also has been suspended and out of school for the past 2 weeks and yesterday was his first day back (he came in the day before to have a meeting with the principal and his mother, the mother and him screamed at each other, and then stormed out and told him she couldn't do anything about him).
azal, i dunno why he was shirtless, he got suspended two months ago for taking off his shirt in a teacher's classroom and jumping around. he also got suspended about three months ago for sexually harassing a substitute teacher and hugging and groping her.
