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Let’s Hope This Kid Isn’t Going Back to School Next year

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James A. Bacon
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School days, school daysDear old golden rule days.Readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmeticTaught to the tune of the hickory stick
     –– Gus Edwards and Will D. Cobb (1907)

Virginia schools don’t use hickory sticks to impart discipline anymore, but they do have jail. And that’s where 18-year-old Elijah Schneider is heading after assaulting a fellow student at Strasburg High School.

Schneider pleaded guilty to assault and battery, possession of a weapon on school property, and use of profane language over an airway in a plea deal with the Shenandoah County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office. He was sentenced to six months in jail with time suspended.

Here is the account of the incident provided by Northern Virginia Daily:

The charges stem from an incident that took place around noon April 28 inside a classroom. Schneider had a box cutter at school and assaulted another student with the weapon, Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Kolter Stroop has said.

Schneider had said “I will put a bullet in someone’s head,” loud and angrily over a Facetime call and then went to a classroom, located the victim and a group of friends, the complaint states.

Schneider stood near the group, appearing angry and opening and closing a box cutter that he removed from his pocket, the complaint states. The box cutter was put to the neck of the victim, making contact but not causing injury, the complaint states.

Shenandoah County is 87.6% White, by the way, so I’m guessing that Mr. Schneider is White as well. Social breakdown is far advanced in the county. Thirty-five percent of households with children are headed by a single parent. The county made headlines a few years ago when a local prosecutor offered a 27-year-old man who had sired seven children by six women a reduction in his prison sentence if he underwent voluntary sterilization. Only 61% of White students passed their English SOLs in 2020-21, and only 49% passed their math. The percentages were even lower for Whites classified as economically disadvantaged.

Foll0w-up topic: With students like this, is Strasberg High School experiencing a teacher shortage?

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13 responses to “Let’s Hope This Kid Isn’t Going Back to School Next year”

  1. James Kiser Avatar
    James Kiser

    And what did the thug learn from his trial? That he can get away with it. And he will do it again.

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      If he isn’t already at the gun show…

      1. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
        James Wyatt Whitehead

        The DC Wharf gun show was abruptly cancelled yesterday by off duty officers.
        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/44e49f359226a72c18313e1c1f37dded674425ffc0051184b4c5d62b5d4f6cca.jpg

        1. WayneS Avatar
          WayneS

          I don’t think this Lazarus is going to be rising from the dead any time soon.

        2. WayneS Avatar
          WayneS

          It looks like a Gen. 4 Glock.

          By the way, my eyes are not good enough to discern that from the blurry image in the posted photo. There is an on-line news story which includes a clear shot of the handgun lying on the ground following the incident.

  2. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
    James Wyatt Whitehead

    I am out of answers. The rod is never coming back to school discipline. Parents that can separate from public institutions like Shenandoah County School system need to do so. It seems to be the only immediate solution. I wish Glen Youngkin would give the education crisis the same attention he is giving Iowa.

  3. Nancy Naive Avatar
    Nancy Naive

    “Shenandoah County is 87.6% White, by the way, so I’m guessing that Mr. Schneider is White as well. ”

    It could have been 99.44% Black, and based on the sentence alone, I’d still agree with you. In addition, I’ll go the extra mile and suggest Daddy has some old money and maybe a connection, or two, in high places.

    If they left his AR-15, at least I hope they took his collection of antique letter openers away.

  4. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    Six months? With time suspended? So he’ll spend a total of zero nights in jail/prison? Pure insanity.

    And with no felony conviction, Nancy Naive is correct, this vicious little a$$hole will be able to legally purchase and possess a firearm upon his release.

    But I’ll say it again, guns are not the root problem, lax prosecution of violent criminals is the root problem.

  5. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    Six months? With time suspended? So he’ll spend a total of zero nights in jail/prison? Pure insanity.

    And with no felony conviction, Nancy Naive is correct, this vicious little a$$hole will be able to legally purchase and possess a firearm upon his release.

    But I’ll say it again, guns are not the root problem, lax prosecution of violent criminals is the root problem.

  6. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    Six months? With time suspended? So he’ll spend a total of zero nights in jail/prison? Pure insanity.

    And with no felony conviction, Nancy Naive is correct, this vicious little a$$hole will be able to legally purchase and possess a firearm upon his release.

    But I’ll say it again, guns are not the root problem, lax prosecution of violent criminals is the root problem.

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Affluenza

      1. WayneS Avatar
        WayneS

        It’s always dangerous to make assumptions, but in this case you may very well be correct.

        1. killerhertz Avatar
          killerhertz

          Democracy at work. Our court system is a joke.

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