[MEETING MAYHEM] School Board Meeting Explodes After 50 Teachers And Staff Quit

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[DAILYBEAST] A Brevard County, Florida school board meeting exploded on Thursday the week after local sheriff Wayne Ivey had announced in front of the county jail that students were no longer afraid of “having the cheeks of their asses torn off,” and called children “clowns.”

At the heated meeting, teachers lamented both not being taken seriously in their complaints of bad student behavior, and principals feeling unsupported, according to reporting by Florida Today. Staff also described being hit and bitten by kids.

More than 50 staff members have resigned this year, according to reporting by the New York Post.

“I’ve watched dozens of my peers and friends leave their classrooms, schools or the profession entirely,” said Matt Yount, a teachers union school representative and the 2014 Brevard Teacher of the Year, according to Florida Today. “An almost universal reason is the deterioration of student behavior over the past several years.” [FULLSTORY]

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