The principal of the Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, where a 6-year-old boy shot his first-grade teacher, has been removed from her post as children return to classes Monday for the first time since the shooting with new security protocols.
Briana Foster Newton, who was principal at the time of the Jan. 6 shooting, is no longer serving in that role, but is still employed by the Newport News Public Schools, district spokesperson Michelle Price said Monday. It’s not clear what her new role is.
Her exit marks the latest in a sweep of departures in the wake of the shooting that saw first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner, 25, seriously wounded in a hand and her chest and hospitalized.
