The Dangers of Leadership!! (UPDATED)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm by tomrogers
South Orangetown superintendent Ken Mitchell today wrestled a gun out of the hands of an armed suspect in the South Orangetown Middle School. See news article. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The incident brings to mind recent incidents at East Greenbush (where two teachers wrestled a shotgun away from a student) and in Fallsburgh, where superintendent Ivan Katz was assaulted twice while protecting administrative staff from a violent parent.
UPDATE: Here is today’s (June 10) lower Hudson Journal News article about the incident. The local town supervisor said, “What we witnessed today was an act of bravery and heroism by South Orangetown Schools Superintendent Ken Mitchell.”
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