Teacher stabbed to death at Leeds high school

[daz.rathbone]

http://news.sky.com/story/1250872/teacher-stabbed-to-death-at-leeds-school

My daughters school - finally managed to contact her and all is ok.
Apparently they saw the lad with the knife and were all screamed at to get out. She's obviously in shock atm - I'll put some more details up after I've spoken to her.

It's a really good school, one of the better ones in Leeds, very well run. By all accounts the teacher was a Spanish teacher, and a very well liked one. RIP.

 

[molinari]

Such a horrible thing to happen.
My wife is a teacher in a school that has a high number of pupils from poor and broken homes, and who suffer from discipline problems, but thankfully violence against the staff is rare.

 

[Rainmaker]

Absolutely shocking. My fiancee text me about this a few minutes ago. Words can't express how sad this is. You don't expect to turn up to teach and end up getting stabbed to death. I hope your daughter and her peers are as well as can be expected. RIP.

 

[Mickie]

Thankfully we aren't a nation riddled with guns or else a lot more people would have probably died..

 

[Uther]

Tragic story.

 

[daz.rathbone]

Absolutely shocking. The area where the school is located (where I live) can be pretty rough, but the school is superb, incredibly well run and sought after to get your kids into.

Amelia (youngest daughter) saw the first part of what happened before they were ushered out, and is badly shaken up. Will be home soon and I'll try to find out more details.

Dreadful news - and like you say no one turns up to teach expecting that.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Pass any information you have on to the police, don't post them here.

 

[Maundie]

Thankfully we aren't a nation riddled with guns or else a lot more people would have probably died..

This 100%

 

[scorza]

My sister is a teacher in a secondary school, stories like these really scare me At 15 I bet the scum who did this gets a lenient sentence too - imo attacking a teacher in school should be treated as seriously as attacking an on-duty policeman used to be treated.

 

[Burnsy2023]

imo attacking a teacher in school should be treated as seriously as attacking an on-duty policeman used to be treated.

Unfortunately, that's treated the same as any other assault most of the time.

 

[arctine]

Unfortunately, that's treated the same as any other assault most of the time.

Is there a reason why it shouldn't be?

 

[jsmoke]

It's been a fair while since I've been in a school but from what you read, and see on the street sometimes, my first thought is that it's not surprising. Maybe this is a sign of worse to come, more America level carnage.

 

[Rainmaker]

Pass any information you have on to the police, don't post them here.

+1

 

[tom_e]

Maybe this is a sign of worse to come, more America level carnage.

You should write for the DM with those sort of conclusions from a single isolated incident.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Is there a reason why it shouldn't be?

I would argue that assaults on Police are assaults on wider society due to the role they play. Regardless, many people believe they are sentenced harsher which isn't the case most of the time.

Anyway RIP for the teacher involved.

 

[deuse]

Thankfully we aren't a nation riddled with guns or else a lot more people would have probably died..

Never been to London?

This is very shocking and sad. RIP

 

[Burnsy2023]

You should write for the DM with those sort of conclusions from a single isolated incident.

Indeed.

 

[daz.rathbone]

Thankfully we aren't a nation riddled with guns or else a lot more people would have probably died..

Absolutely... not understating it for the family and friends of the teacher, but this could have been far far worse for the students.

 

[Cosimo]

This is very shocking and sad. RIP

 

[Nix]

What a waste.

So sad the hear.

RIP.