Pa. teacher threatens to shoot school officials after janitor removes Covid barrier
SINKING SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA: Elementary school teacher, Chad Gerrick, 50, was arrested after he allegedly threatened to shoot district officials because janitors removed a plastic barrier he set up in his classroom to protect against the spread of Covid-19, reports cited. Gerrick is an educator at Sinking Springs Elementary School in York. He has been charged with one misdemeanor count of terroristic threats, state reports.
The incident unfolded last Friday, October 8, when a cafeteria worker said she heard Gerrick threaten to "shoot all them f—–s" at the district’s administrative offices. The station cited a criminal complaint affidavit filed by Northern York County Regional Police. Police also said that teacher was upset following a conversation he had with administrators over the removal of the plastic barrier he erected in his classroom. Talking of Covid positive cases at educational institutes, we reported on the Marce Herz Middle School in Reno, Nevada where at least 80 students were exposed to the virus on the very first school day in August this year. A Stanford University analysis conducted at the beginning of 2021 deduced the 17 colleges that were monitored as superspreaders as cases went up by 56% in counties where classes were conducted in person, according to the CDC.
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The police report further added that Gerrick also said if he contracted coronavirus, he would "come to school and spread COVID to everyone I can". Gerrick was suspended by the school pending an investigation. Detectives who searched his Manchester Township home reportedly seized two long guns and a handgun. Meanwhile, the Central York School District noted that Gerrick’s school will operate remote-only through Friday because of new coronavirus cases. "Over the holiday weekend, the District continued to receive notification of several new positive cases of COVID-19," the district said in a message posted on its website. "In the past 14 days, a total of 19 cases of COVID-19 have been reported at Sinking Springs Elementary."