Abigail Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest on Jan. 6 as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom at Richneck Elementary.
at the hands of a 6-year-old student, claiming that she only deserves workers’ compensation because she was injured on the job.
The school board also rejected Zwerner’s claim that she could reasonably expect to work with young children who pose no danger. Zwerner was approved for workers’ compensation, which covers injuries “without having to prove negligence,” the school board said Wednesday.Zwerner spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and has had four surgeries, according to reports.Zwerner filed her lawsuit earlier this month, accusing school officials of gross negligence and of ignoring multiple red flags on the day of the shooting.
The complaint says the 6-year-old was placed on a modified schedule “because he was chasing students around the playground with a belt in an effort to whip them,” and was cursing staff and teachers. If he had been found in need of additional services, state and federal laws would have applied “for the purpose of keeping such children in the classroom with their peers when possible,” according to the filing.
Zwerner said she saw the boy take something out of his backpack and put it into his sweatshirt pocket.
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