BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper addressed gun violence at schools and the impact it has on students trying to learn during a city council meeting Thursday, just hours before Boston Police recovered a loaded gun from a 7-year-old student in Dorchester.
“Every situation of violence they witness creates a chronic trauma response for them, causes them to be afraid; causes them to feel the need to protect themselves; causes them to be disengaged and distracted from the job they have to do, which is to be a student and to be a child,” said Skipper.
BPS leaders also said bullying incidents have increased this year with 165 reports of bullying, more than 100 from last school year.
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