There were other students staying after with Ritzer for help or assignments. One reported on Chism’s behavior with Ritzer, and that Chism seemed to be upset when Ritzer mentioned Tennessee.
“According to the affidavit, on Oct. 22, after the end of the school day, another student told police she was in the same classroom with Ritzer and Chism to get some extra help in math.
“She said that at some point, Ms. Ritzer mentioned Tennessee. She said that Philip became visibly upset after she mentioned Tennessee,” Trooper LaBarge wrote. “She said that Ms. Ritzer became aware that Philip was getting upset about her talking about Tennessee. She said that Ms. Ritzer later changed the topic.’’
The student said that after Ritzer stopped mentioning Tennessee, Chism continued to be upset. “She also said that she observed Philip apparently talking to himself in the classroom,’’ the student said.”
That doesn’t negate what was said by either myself or the other poster. Was there more than one adult in the area? Was there more than one adult in the room with her? Are there/should there be protocols that more than one adult has to be present, and if one adult leaves a room then the kids cannot leave. Those kinds of things.
Of course, this reinforces why I think public schools should be dismantled. There are always more inmates than guards, so to speak.
I said when this murder was first reported that the family may have transfered him to a new school if he had been having problems where they used to live. My money’s on him being a bad seed from day one and has a record of misdeeds as long as a 3 foot branch.