Just fed up

I'm seriously disturbed by the violence in the area I teach.
Teen stabbed near Oxnard junior high school » Ventura County Star

Yesterday I did not hear this as our school day ended, and it's so close to us-didn't take in 12 police cars responding-as they came in force because of the proximity to the Junior High. I did hear my young kids in class trying to tell me this morning.My mind was on this lovely play the 5th graders were doing-many of my former students... But I just went into teaching this morning, not hearing.
This afternoon my husband asked me about it, calling from Monterey and a Superintendent meeting, where the Super of the High School District talked to him about it. He wasn't checking up on me though, it was kind of an after thought. That made me look it.
Wait a minute.
It's just heart wrenching to think my students walked home by this.
Not to mention everything I think.
I believe I'm placing this here because I feel this. It's very hard for me at the moment.

My car was keyed today "I love" was written across the hood. No protection or coverage for our cars by the school.A group of highschoolers, junior highers has been on our lawn several days playing football. They don't belong there but no ones minding them.
So they obviously did this too.

Somehow I find it all a mess. A darling student told me after school he's not going to Blackstock, the junior high because of things like this. It particularly pained me because my daughter went there and her Dad was the Principal for a year.
I just felt....so sad.

He added, "if Dr. Puglisi was there I would for sure go."

But all I could think was, what world will this child grow up in?






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