Violent classrooms: Statistics released by teachers’ union [Video]

School staff are being struck more often, students are fighting more frequently, and police are increasingly being called to school grounds, according to data compiled and released this week by the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association.

The union counted 4,052 violent or aggressive incidents that were reported to either school board administrators or the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, making an average of 22 incidents inside of schools in the province every school day.

That’s the highest it’s been since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person learning in 2020.

“It’s only a matter of time before something more significant happens,” said Trent Langdon, president of the union. “We’ve had circumstances in this province in recent years… of weapons being on the lot (school grounds).”

“My worry as head of this association is that one of my members or a student is going to get severely injured or worse in the days and years to come.”

The NLTA …