At least 45 teachers already quit their jobs in the School District of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania because of student violence. The resignations occurred between July and October, according to WPMT.
Teachers in the school district are begging for help and support to deal with the unprecedented violent behaviors of schoolchildren. An increasing number of “extraordinary incidents” prompted some of them to stop teaching. Such incidents also led to injuries and property damages.
Jody Barksdale, the president of Harrisburg Education Association, said more teachers are resigning. According to her teachers and students are being hit, kicked, slapped, scratched, cussed at…”
Barksdale added that some students flip over desks, chairs, and tables. Teachers are taking the rest of their class in the hallway to protect them during the outbursts of student violence.
Amanda Sheaffer, a first-grade teacher in Harrisburg, said, “I have been kicked, punched, hit, scratched. I’ve had a student physically restraining me in front of my other students. Many of the personal things that i have bought for my classroom have been broken or destroyed.”
