MSN - AP World http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 12:32:04 +0000 A school where a boy shot his teacher has reopened with added security http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/d148a22ca010492596dbca637366bbc4 d148a22ca010492596dbca637366bbc4 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:40:55 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:ASSOCIATED PRESSNewport News, Virginia - 30 January 20231. Wide of Richneck Elementary2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Surles-Law, School Board Chair:"I walked the building a little while ago and they are very excited to welcome their students back. And their rooms are prepared and they're just excited to start their day. What I told them was thank you."3. Pan of Richneck ElementaryANNOTATION: Richneck Elementary has reopened after a police say a 6-year-old boy brought a handgun to school and shot his teacher.4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Surles-Law, School Board Chair:"Yes, there are some, so we had some open classrooms and we have doors that have been put in place for those classrooms now."5. Surles-Law and Newport News mayor Phillip Jones walking awaySTORYLINE:The Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher reopened Monday with stepped-up security and a new administrator, as nervous parents and students expressed optimism about a return to the classroom.Richneck Elementary School in Newport News opened its doors more than three weeks after the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have said the boy brought a 9 mm handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, as she was teaching her first-grade class. Zwerner, 25, was hospitalized for nearly two weeks but is now recovering at home.Several police cars were parked at the school as teachers arrived.Since the shooting, two metal detection systems have been installed and two security officers have been assigned to the school. Before the shooting, one security officer was assigned to Richneck and another elementary school. The officer was not at Richneck at the time of the shooting.The principal and assistant principal both have left their jobs, and a new administrator has been appointed to lead the school.===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. A school where a boy shot his teacher has reopened with added security