Sincerely Grateful's blog: "You won't believe this!"

yesterday jan 3 a student at the local high school shot and killed another on school grounds. This incident made national news and the community is in shock. I can't help but think how bad my situation could have resulted. Please refer to my other 2 stories. I resigned from my teaching position that i have had for 23 years. What happens next is still up in the air.

After speaking with the union representative about my problem, I was left dumbfounded. She was pessimistic about the district granting me any paid leave time. Apparantly you have to be PHYSICALLY injured to receive any sort of L&I disability benefits. I sent her a picture of the broken window. She thought it looks like a bullet hole. The administration didn't think it did. Not only do I know it's a bullet, but it's a .22 caliber at that!! I don't have any sick leave anymore. I can't go back to that place (Hunt) again. There are no other positions available. An alternative would be for me to substitute at regular teacher pay. Something tells me that that wouldn't fly. I feel like I am trapped. Short term disability only pays half of what we need each month. I can't get a part time job while on the disability. Would all that are reading this please pray for us? Thanks

I have been a middle school teacher for 23 years. I teach middle school Spanish in Tacoma WA. On September 15th, during my morning class of 27 students, what I believe to be a .22 caliber bullet was shot thru my classroom window. Nobody was hurt. I immediatly called for administrative support, explaining that someone had shot something thru my window. 15 minutes later the vice principal showed up, looked at the window and then left. The principal never bothered to show up to investigate the incident. The cops were never called, nor was there a lock down ordered. One month later, (the window still hadn't been replaced) I decided that all the bull shit of education had taken its toll on me and I went out on medical leave of absence. The psychiatrist diagnosed me has suffering from moderate to severe depression and anxiety caused by the incident. We reported the incident to the Tacoma News Tribune. They investigated it. The principal told the reporter that nothing was done because they weren't sure it was a gun shot or a rock that broke the window. Please feel free to look at the hole yourself in my photos. The hole is large enough for a pencil to go thru. I would like you to send a comment to me indicating whether or not you think it was a rock or a gunshot. In the meantime I sit at home collecting disability pay. I don't plan to ever go back to that school, the one I was at for 18 years.