Esther, I think you’re not fully understanding the petition. They aren’t asking for the reprimand of EVERY staff member. Just every staff member whose negligence lead to the disappearance and eventual death of a young special needs boy. Being that the child was in a “special school” tells me that the family and school district have a legal agreement called an I.E.P. or Individualized Education Plan. It was said that the boy was supposed to have 1 on 1 instruction. That means that an aide was supposed to be with him every moment he was in the school’s care. That leads me to come to the conclusion that 1 on 1 instruction is in his I.E.P. An I.E.P. is a legally binding document and it is painfully obvious that Avonte did not have that 1 on 1 instruction. If he didn’t, shame on the school. If he did, where was his aide? Should he/she not be reprimanded for not doing their job? If he/she were in the military and couldn’t be found to do their job, that would be called MIA and he/she would face a multitude of sanctions. They need to be brought to justice. If not for this child, then for the next one they lose.
If I read your statements correct, it seems as though you may just be a grammar Nazi. I think you probably only read a portion of the petition and made a snap decision based on the way it was written not the reason it was written. That’s ok. That’s a mistake. Neglecting and thereby losing a child is not mistake. It’s criminal!

I work in classrooms like his. It was a perfect storm of mistakes with tragic consequences. To think that someone would wish MY license revoked because of a perfect storm of mistakes strikes me as draconian and gives me fright. The “litigate to perfection” mentality cannot prevent accidents and mistakes. All it does is make professionals want to leave the job. When my kid ate poison berries from the back yard and got desperately ill, it was not because I was a bad mother. It was because it’s impossible to watch and protect every child every minute of every day. No one can do it. It’s not possible. If you’ve never had an accident happen, more power to you. When there are mistakes compounding mistakes compounding accidents, the result can be tragic. It happens. Taking away the livelihood of every teacher, staff member, contractor, and sub from the school is draconian. And how would it help? They’ll be replaced by other humans who are also accident- and mistake-prone. Unless you put a ball and chain on the leg of every wanderer, the wanderers shall still wander. Alarm the doors, post sentries at doors, remove passowrds from security cameras, add more security cameras to the outaide of the building. THESE changes can prevent a recurrence. Firing all the staff and revoking their licenses won’t help in the long run. It will only serve to ease the minds of those who MUST have a scapegoat for every calamity.