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Seven families of Richneck Elementary School first graders who witnessed one of their classmates shoot their teacher, Abigail Zwerner, last year have each filed lawsuits against the Newport News School Board and three administrators seeking $3 million. They claim the school board and administrators had many opportunities to take actions that would’ve prevented the shooting but did not. The .
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Zwerner's attorneys requested a large number of records about school staff, students, and discipline through discovery; however, they say the school board has only returned a limited amount of information to them, arguing that other records they've requested are sensitive or irrelevant to the case.