"Ex-assistant principal indicted for child neglect in student shooting case"

The former assistant principal of a Virginia elementary school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in connection with a 6-year-old student shooting his teacher. The teacher, who survived, has filed a $40 million lawsuit alleging that the assistant principal ignored warnings about the student having a gun. The student's mother has also been sentenced to prison for felony child neglect, and the teacher's lawsuit includes allegations of failures in accountability at multiple levels within the school system.