One rotten apple in the barrel. In one school. In a medium sized district with ten schools. Don’t lose sight of the big picture.
I’m a retired high school teacher.
(I taught in a big city, so I don’t know about elsewhere.)
You would be surprised at how many violent assaults are not reported, how many of them don’t make the news. In my experience, for every 1 act of violence that the public knows about, there are 20 they don’t know about.
Administrators are all about PR these days. Gotta make the district look good. Everything else is secondary, including safety.
Often when a teacher is injured, he/she will be offered a deal. Don’t make a fuss, and your recovery time won’t be counted against your sick day total. No need to hurry back.
And sometimes: Don’t make a fuss, and we’ll transfer you to another school in the district. Go ahead, pick a nicer school. Your choice. We’ll get the paperwork done.