the teacher abigail zwerner is still recovering. we have more on the meeting. what did you hear from the community and what steps does the school district say they re taking? reporter: well, the school district is making some promises on safety. they re saying they re going to put metal detectors in every school, increase security guards, they re considering see-through backpacks, but parents say this is a band-aid. this is a culture problem where discipline and accountability are not what they should be for students who have bad behavior in the classroom and without those consequences, you re really not going to be able to solve this problem. they say if abigail zwerner was respected as the rules of the classroom should be, that this shooting would not have happened. here s what some of them told us last night. i want behaviors held accountable. i want change. i don t have to have i don ts will hide in their school.
specifically, the defense lawyers didn t go far enough to elicit any of the jurors had attended rallies in d.c. but these are the sorts of arguments that the court is right to be sceptical about in this voir dire process where jurors are questioned before the jury is seated. the judge goes to a lot of trouble to guarantee that jurors can set aside any preconceived biases before they become members of the jury and it s very difficult for a defendant to prevail on these types of issues. thank you. it s been two weeks since a 6-year-old student shot his teacher inside a virginia classroom according to police. angry parents are demanding answers and accountability. their frustration boiled over last night at a school board meeting last night. parents, teachers and community members all spoke out, but some calling for changes in security measures. the school has been closed since the shooting.
pressure was a hot ticket. i send my kids to school and find myself praying to god that they will return home safely. reporter: emotional, furious parents vent at school officials in newport news, virginia, at the first school board meeting since a 6-year-old boy shot and wounded his first grade teacher in the classroom. don t want to have a family dinner where i talk about where my kids will hide in their school. reporter: one woman said her daughter was in the classroom at richneck elementary school when teacher abby zwerner was shot. she s 6. she s terrified because the person that was advocating for her got hurt. she got hurt. reporter: she blamed school officials for failing to prevent the shooting. before the shooting a school employee had searched the boy s backpack based on a tip but found no gun. you guys should ve been defending her and protecting when they said there was a possible weapon in that child s backpack, or otherwise. reporter: parents expressing
a school board meeting last night. it was the first meeting following the shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student two weeks ago. nbc s katie beck has more. reporter: this morning, parents and teachers furious. i don t want to have a family dinner where i talk about where my kids will hide in their school. reporter: their anger aimed at school officials in newport news. i send my kids to school and find myself praying to god that they will return home safely. reporter: where authorities say a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher. 25-year-old abigail zwerner. nearly two weeks ago as she taught in a choose room. she is recovering in stable condition hailed a hero after ushering her students to safety after she had been hit. her first graders haunted by the memory. she s six. she s terrified because a person who was advocating for her got hurt. she got hurt. parents claim school leaders
from the plains to the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive. there s new fallout tonight from that very disturbing school shooting involving a 6-year-old who allegedly pulled a trigger on his own teacher. brian todd is working the story for us. reporter: the school board meeting last night was packed beyond capacity with people filling overflow rooms. apparently the opportunity to channel anger toward a school board that is now under enormous