http://www.nbc10.com/news/11138050/detail.html?subid=10101521
Teacher In Surgery After Beating
POSTED: 5:32 pm EST February 28, 2007
UPDATED: 7:09 pm EST February 28, 2007
PHILADELPHIA -- Complicated surgery is in progress for a Philadelphia
high school teacher, severely injured in a beating, allegedly by two
students.
Frank Burd's neck was broken in two places and he's having an operation
to repair the vertebrae in his neck. He's been in surgery all Wednesday
afternoon.
The 60-year old Burd was beaten last Friday at Germantown High School,
after he confiscated a student's iPod. Police said two students pushed
and punched Burd and broke his neck.
Both students were expelled and have been arrested.
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http://www.nbc10.com/news/11130056/detail.html
Teacher: We Don't Feel Safe In Classroom
School Security Chief Says Students Feel Safe
POSTED: 10:51 pm EST February 27, 2007
UPDATED: 12:14 am EST February 28, 2007
The NBC 10 Investigators on Tuesday said they have heard from dozens of
Philadelphia teachers who said they don't feel safe in their classrooms.
Almost all were afraid to talk about the situation, even when their
identities were protected.
One teacher, who was so upset about recent events, decided to talk. The
teacher said he has come into work full of anxiety and has left work
crying.
The teacher, who said he has taught at an elementary school in
Philadelphia for 10 years, said the last four years have been very
scary, and that the scenes the NBC 10 Investigators have documented on
school playgrounds were nothing compared to what goes on inside his
school.
The teacher said teachers have been cursed at, shoved and pushed, and
students have run through halls, opening classroom doors and screaming
profanities at the teacher in the class, and then slamming the doors.
Philadelphia School CEO Paul Vallas said on NBC 10 Tuesday that an
assault that broke the back of a Germantown High School teacher was an
isolated incident.
The Philadelphia Teachers Union said NBC 10's series of reports on
school violence last May prompted a Web survey of more than 200
teachers. According to the survey, 35 percent report being victims of
crime in their school, and most think their school climate ranges from
"chaotic" to "out of control." The survey also found that 25 percent
said they were discouraged from reporting violent crimes by their
administrators.
The security chief for Philadelphia schools said their own survey of
6,000 teachers showed that 59 percent think students feel safe, but said
he was not sure about teachers.
The teacher said a student attacked him, and said the child was sent
home for assaulting a teacher with a weapon, but he was back the next
day. The teacher said his reports were ripped up and his account of the
crime was not counted.
The teacher said if the school system began losing teachers who care
about children, the school system would get worse and the discipline
would also get worse.
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