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Columbine-Threat Teacher's Students Will Walk Out Of Class In Protest
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Jaya Saxena
Published Apr 6, 2011
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Ever since Fort Hamilton High School teacher Sabrina Milo was arrested for allegedly making "Columbine-like" threats, her students have rallied behind her, claiming that she was a kind and caring teacher who must have been joking. And on Friday, many of her students will stage a walk out in protest of her arrest. “There are so many teachers in this school who say things like this and they don’t get arrested,” senior Omar Elsayed told Brooklyn Paper. “It’s understandable, teaching is stressful. But if it wasn’t for Ms. Milo, I wouldn’t be graduating high school, so I owe her a lot." And some other teachers are beginning to question her arrest.
One teacher said that Milo had appeared stressed out before she made the comments, and that Principal Jo Ann Chester may have been bullying her. He also said that Chester "goes after" a lot of people, and that, “It’s hard being a teacher at this school." Chester has a 2.7 rating on RateMyTeachers, with comments like, "Chester is the most plastic person I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. She'll stab you in the back while she's smiling at you!!! All she cares about is 'HER' image." However, this isn't the first time Milo has gotten in trouble with the school.
She was sent to the rubber room last year after hitting a student's hand with a ruler, though one student said the incident was blown out of proportion and that Milo offered to buy the student a manicure. Another student said, "It probably was an April Fool’s joke gone too far. I doubt she meant any harm."
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