A Texas middle-school principal is accused of threatening to kill his science teachers and himself if their test scores didn’t improve. New Braunfels Middle School Principal John Burks allegedly made the threat in a Jan. 21 meeting with eighth-grade science teachers, according to the San Antonio Express News.
Science teacher Anita White, an 18-year veteran, said Burks was angry that scores on benchmark tests were not better, and the scores on the upcoming Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills tests must show improvement. “He said if the TAKS scores were not as expected he would kill the teachers,” White told the paper. “He said ‘I will kill you all and kill myself.’ He finished the meeting that way and we were in shock. Obviously, we talked about it among ourselves. He just threatened our lives. After he threatened to kill us, he said, ‘You don’t know how ruthless I can be.’ We walked out of the meeting just totally dumbfounded because it was not a joke,” White said.
Never happened, said Burks. Police are investigating the incident as “a terroristic threat.”
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