Maya Jones, an eighth-grade teacher in Roxbury, has been on medical leave since October after being violently attacked by a student. During a school meeting, she was assaulted, resulting in PTSD. Despite her trauma, the school did not implement safety measures, and the attacker returned to class shortly after the incident. Jones's experience reflects a troubling trend in public education, where a significant number of teachers report experiencing violence in schools, highlighting a crisis in maintaining safe learning environments for both students and staff.
"I could have been hurt. I could have been killed. I could have been maimed. We have no security protocol in the building. There's no discipline protocol."
"She punches me directly in my face. She's repeatedly hitting me in the head, in the face, in the jaw. My glasses were knocked off my face with the first punch."
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