Teacher arrested for class assignment about ‘ways to kill’ one of his students
A Virginia teacher was arrested and had to give up his license after he gave his class an assignment asking them to come up with different “ways to kill” one of his students, it has emerged.
The unidentified Crestwood Middle School teacher instructed his students to write how they would kill one particular student in the class in January 2022, according to court documents obtained by WTKR Thursday.
The documents state that the assignment came from another student in the class, but the teacher went along with it.
Students then reportedly pulled out their tablets and dutifully listed ways to kill the selected classmate, with court documents describing how the students came up with ideas to chop him up, throw him out a window, burn him alive, and feed him to a dog.
Police became aware of the incident after the bullied child went home that night and told his parents, according to WTKR.
During an ensuing investigation, police reportedly asked what could have prompted the teacher to come up with the writing exercise — to which he said it was hard to engage the class, and the student at the center of the assignment didn’t appear to be upset by it at the time, records show.
The teacher went on to admit it was an inappropriate class assignment and said it was an error in judgment.
He later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and voluntarily surrendered his teaching license, according to WTKR, which has been digging into the reasons teachers have lost their licenses throughout the state.
The Chesapeake School District said the teacher was employed at the school from Aug. 31, 2021, through April 8, 2022.
In a statement to the local news station, school district officials said they would not comment further “on such situations involving personnel.
“The safety of our students is our top priority and Chesapeake Public Schools expects all employees to act with the utmost professionalism to provide a positive learning environment for all students.”
The Post has also reached out to the Chesapeake School District for more information.