The fallout from the shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student in Virginia has prompted a staff shakeup in the Newport News school district.In addition to the firing of Superintendent Gary Parker this week, the principal and assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School have left their jobs. A longtime principal in the school district has been named to lead the school as it prepares to reopen next week.The shooting by a first-grade boy on January 6 stunned Newport News and has reverberated around the country, raising questions about school security and how a child so young gained access to a gun and was able to fire it at his teacher.
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