Violence in N.L. schools worse than it's ever been, teachers' union says

The Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association says violence in schools has reached a level never seen before and, alongside ballooning classroom sizes and rapidly declining teacher support, has left its members wrestling widespread burnout.Trent Langdon, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association, says violence in schools has reached an all-time high.

Langdon described a recent case of a teacher who ended up in the emergency department and now requires facial reconstruction after an alleged assault by an eight-year-old girl. Rosemary Lawton, a former music teacher who is researching violence against music teachers for her master's thesis, told Radio-Canada of one incident involving a student being put in a head lock by another student who started "using him as a baseball bat against a brick wall until he lost consciousness."

"If you want to give kids equal opportunities, you need to make sure that you're providing those kids with the supports that they need." "Day in and day out, we're seeing this type of thing, where resources are unavailable," Langdon said. Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell told reporters the Newfoundland and Labrador government is working with teachers to figure out ways to prevent violence in schools.

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