Richneck Elem. School, where police say a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher, reopened Monday with stepped-up security and a new administrator.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Virginia elementary school, where police say a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher, reopened on Monday with increased security.
The school board chair, Lisa Surles-Law, said roses were handed out to the students, and all parents were allowed to walk their kids into their classrooms on Monday. Therapy dogs were at the school and made available to all first-grade students, she said. “I walked the building a little while ago, and are very excited to welcome their students back,” she said.
Days after the shooting, the school board announced that walk-through metal detectors would be placed in every school in the district.
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