by Kerry Dougherty

Another school year. Another horror story out of Newport News Public Schools.

This one didn’t have a tragic ending. Thank God.

In September of 2021 two students were shot in the hallways of Heritage High School by a miscreant who was attending school in a court-ordered ankle bracelet.

In January of 2022, first grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot in the chest by a 6-year-old who brought his mother’s loaded gun to school. When administrators were told the kid had a firearm they shrugged and said his pockets were “too small” to hide a weapon.

And on the first day of school this week, 7-year-old Sharilyah Ackiss, a student at Hidenwood Elementary School, mistakenly got off the school bus on Jefferson Avenue. When she didn’t see her mommy, she realized she was at the wrong bus stop and the confused little girl tried to get back on the bus.

According to the child, and her grandmother who’s seen the video from the bus camera, the driver blocked the little girl and told her once you get off a bus, you can’t get back on.

What in the world is going on in Newport News? Read the whole thing.