Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

Original post by hugs213

Mar 01, 2004 04:51 PM

We found one first and we called the office to notify them and after 10 minutes no one showed up...we went down and the secretary didn't even notify the principal. So we went outside (it was recess time) to notify him. When he came up he picked up the rifle and examined it..told us it was fake (he thought it was funny) He left with the rifle and we were kinda freaked out and ended up looking under the other couch...when we saw another rifle...we screamed so loud. We called back the principal and he just took the rifle and left as if he always finds rifles under the cushions of the couch. I am really freaked out. He took the rifles to the super. but shouldn't the cops be called in? The entire day went on and no cops came and he was in a chipper mood not thinking anything of it. We had our faculty meeting today and that was not even the first thing that he discussed with us. He really upset me by being so casual about this.

nehaliasz Posted: Mar 01, 2004 09:56 PM

Re: Very disturbing. Me and two other girls at the school where I work found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.

Posted by Claud2001

Posted by swags1016

Posted by yabbobay

talk to your union leader!!!

there has to be some kind of OSHA policy for this...

If nothing was done then I 100% agree with Erica!! The union needs to do something!

Since the principal is being sooo casual about it, my first guess is that the rifles belong to HIM! And, he's not making a big deal of it, b/c it will get him into a $hitload of trouble!

Those were my thoughts exactly. Maybe he's being so nonchallant (sp?) because he has something to do with it. For all you know he was about to go nuts and you stopped him. Definitely call the cops and let them know about this. Who knows what else could be hidden elsewhere?

hugs213 Posted: Mar 02, 2004 07:33 AM

Re: Very disturbing. Me and two other girls at the school where I work found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.

That's just his attitude in general...his has absolutely no social skills (but he is'retiring' this year..some feel that he was forced to quit)
I really don't want to go into work today...I mean maybe it's nothing, maybe it's a f#@$ed up parent trying to scare us, maybe it's some one trying to see what they can away with, or worse. But I'm telling you the first thing that popped in my head was Columbine. It's a really scary situation.

RedHead Posted: Mar 02, 2004 07:38 AM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

Posted by hugs213

That's just his attitude in general...his has absolutely no social skills (but he is'retiring' this year..some feel that he was forced to quit)
I really don't want to go into work today...I mean maybe it's nothing, maybe it's a f#@$ed up parent trying to scare us, maybe it's some one trying to see what they can away with, or worse. But I'm telling you the first thing that popped in my head was Columbine. It's a really scary situation.

Parents trying to scare teachers???? Why whould they be doing that??

hugs213 Posted: Mar 02, 2004 07:41 AM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

Posted by oct.2004bride

Parents trying to scare teachers???? Why whould they be doing that??

My school always has parents walking all over the place...they think they own the school and some teachers commented on how they think that maybe a parent wanted to see how we would react with a situation like this or how long it would take for someone to find a gun. We were just coming up with different ideas at the faculty meeting yesterday.

butterfly20 Posted: Mar 02, 2004 08:55 AM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

i also thought the riffle belonged to him... he seems too casual about it

lovergirl Posted: Mar 02, 2004 08:53 PM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

OMG!! That is soo scary! Especially that the princile is doing NOTHING! I would get on the phone right away! Is it an elementary school or hight school? Where is this??!!! Good luck!

Buttafli1277 Posted: Mar 02, 2004 09:01 PM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

I work in a HS, and I would definately be freaked out if that was me. Like Yabba said, you should call your Union Rep.

Claud2001 Posted: Mar 02, 2004 09:04 PM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

Posted by hugs213

That's just his attitude in general...his has absolutely no social skills (but he is'retiring' this year..some feel that he was forced to quit)
I really don't want to go into work today...I mean maybe it's nothing, maybe it's a f#@$ed up parent trying to scare us, maybe it's some one trying to see what they can away with, or worse. But I'm telling you the first thing that popped in my head was Columbine. It's a really scary situation.

Um...you need to listen to yourself. I don't mean to be purposely 'flip' here, but you just said the principal is 'retiring' but there is somehow an idea that he is being forced to quit...

Do you know what THAT is considered, god forbid something DID happen?????

MOTIVE!

If I were you, I would call the authorities....your principal and his reaction to a weapon a school grounds sound *highly* suspect, IMO.

yabbobay Posted: Mar 02, 2004 09:47 PM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

how did today go?

michele31 Posted: Mar 02, 2004 10:47 PM

Re: Very disturbing. Found 2 rifles underneath the cushions of the couch in the teachers lounge.(I really am afraid to go to work today)

You have a duty to those children to call the cops about this. Maybe it is nothing BUT I, personally, would want my child's teacher to proect my child. In fact, I count on that! If you don't want to go back to work, why allow those children to enter a posibly dangerous situation?