An attorney for the teacher reportedly characterized her departure as a firing.
The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner notified human resources in March that she wouldn’t be returning next school year.
The school board has pushed back, asking a judge to dismiss the case and arguing that Zwerner should get workers compensation instead. Breit told WAVY: “I don’t’ think you can read this any other way than you’ve been fired. And that’s what she thinks. She doesn’t understand it; there’s no other communication.”“Every employee who is separating from the school division receives a similar communication,” the district said.
Taylor is facing charges on the state level of felony child neglect and reckless storage of a firearm. A trial for those counts is set for August.Zwerner’s attorneys have said school officials knew the boy “had a history of random violence” at school and at home, including an episode the year before in which he “strangled and choked” his kindergarten teacher.
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