Elementary Plot
Third graders bent on vengeance came to school with a steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and a plan to do in the teacher. One kid was going to cover the windows so no one could see in. Another kid was assigned to clean up the mess. It was flawless. Until some kid blabbed …
Officials in Georgia have thwarted a plot by a group of third-grade special education students to kill their teacher.
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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.
“It’s our understanding that she did in fact discipline one of the students, and they did not like it, he told FOX News. “After that, she began to plot revenge on the teacher.”
Tanner told FOX News not all of the students were in on all the details of the allegedly plot.
“We believe that some of them knew the entire plot and some of them were … just asked to bring other items in but they might not have realized the entire plot,” he said.
Three of the students have been identified as ringleaders and will likely face prosecution under an unruly charge, because of their age, Tanner told FOX News.
They could be expelled, but a prosecutor said they are too young to be charged with a crime under Georgia law.
Apparently they involved too many people, but these learning disabled kids clearly are capable of complex planning and organization. They may need some help focusing on the big picture, though. OK, not funny. Scary, actually. I hate to sound like an old geezer, but what’s the matter with kids these days? For that matter, what’s the matter with the adults?
Topics: crime, education, kids
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:04 pm on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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April 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 am
“third-grade special education students”
You got to be kidding.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 am
The poor little dears.
So there’s a question about them being expelled? By whom?
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
The little dears need a good beating.
I’m sorry. Is that politically incorrect?