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Violent attacks on West Virginia teachers are most frequently in kindergarten classrooms

By NADDI Admin posted 01-13-2025 00:00

  

The state schools superintendent said the young kids’ violent behavior is a result of the ongoing drug epidemic

The highest rate of battery on a school employee from a child is occurring in West Virginia’s kindergarten classrooms — an alarming statistic that the state schools superintendent said is tied to the state’s multigenerational drug epidemic. 

State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt told lawmakers that 19% of battery cases were in kindergarten classes, and the number drastically dropped off as children moved up in grade levels.

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