In addition, Sheaffer stated that every day she spends a significant amount of time dealing with student violence.
Sheaffer is among the classroom teachers together with several parents from Melrose and Downey elementary schools requesting for support to address the problem.
She asked the school board, “How am I meeting my students’ needs with this behavior happening? How am I supposed to have a safe, nurturing learning environment when this behavior happens?”
School board agreed to forming a task force to address student violence
During the meeting, Barksdale emphasized that they “not complaining,” but begging for assistance to help troubled students. She reported about the incidents of student violence to the board and top district administrators in January. She noted that “not much has changed” since then.
Barksdale suggested the creation of an administration/teacher/ parent task force to address student violence. She also recommended a more consistent focus on handling student discipline issues.
