One little “kill list” and you’re marked for life. Parents with children attending Conner High School in Hebron, Kentucky are furious that the 14-year-old unnamed student will be allowed on campus. The principal is well aware of the situation because his child was one targeted but there isn’t much he can do. “Every child has the right to an education.” It’s the law. Even potential killers.
Kill list controversy
The “student” wrote a kill list last year at the middle school and now he’s being allowed to attend the local high school. Affected parent’s don’t seem to care if the troubled student got the help they needed and is working out their violence issues.
They apparently don’t have much faith in modern “counselors.” Most of those can’t even read. They “railed against the decision,” citing “safety concerns for their own children,” Fox News writes.
Father Rob Bidleman took his concerns to his school board meeting on Thursday, January 12. A “number of infuriated parents” joined him there.
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“As a father of a child on the active kill list, my statements will reflect my opinions based on the information I received from Conner High School,” Bidleman declared. “When I received a call from the principal, it was emotionally devastating. All I could think about was my child in danger when they did nothing wrong.”
Last year, the student made his list of targets after “making threats against other classmates” which got him “charged and initially kicked out of school.”
Since it’s a new year and a new school, he gets a fresh chance. Parents are not happy about that at all. He’s supposed to return to class this month.
Specific acts of violence
As related by the school resource officer who was called to look at a “notebook containing specific acts of violence that identified individual students,” in November 2021, he interviewed the student.
The child admitted writing the kill list but claimed he was “merely writing the thoughts down that were in his head.” If they were in his head and down on paper they will soon materialize, parents insist. They don’t care if he was “cured.” They won’t feel safe as long as he’s in the building with their precious children.
Administrators are sympathetic but claim they have no choice. Mother Jenny Murray pointed out that “the principal’s own son was on this child’s list of death threats.” She likes the guy but can’t understand the decision.
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“As dedicated and hard-working as he is — how is he not distracted by stress and anxiety, knowing that his son could be in danger?” Several other of the districts parents agree.
Even so, the student “will be allowed back on school grounds beginning Wednesday.” Next time, he won’t get caught making a list. He’ll simply gather the weaponry and start checking off the one in his head. “It doesn’t make sense, and you don’t have to have a degree in psychology to figure this out. Why would you put a child back into an environment where he possibly could act out?” father Jim Kruspe wants to know.
According to Superintendent Matthew Turner, “every child has the right to an education.” It says so in the state constitution. “The safety of our students and staff is our greatest priority when making district decisions” but he’s coming back anyway.
