The Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student in January has resigned from her job, school officials said Tuesday. 

Abigail Zwerner is “not coming back in the fall” when students at Richneck Elementary School return to Newport News from summer vacation, a source close to the first-grade teacher told NBC News. 

Zwerner’s contract with the Newport Public School District ended Monday, the district confirmed, adding that the 25-year-old teacher made it known in March that she did not intend to return for the upcoming school year. 

On Jan. 6, a 6-year-old boy intentionally shot Zwerner as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom.

A bullet shot through her hand into her chest, collapsing her lung and causing grave injuries she is still suffering from months later.

Amid the chaos, Zwerner managed to usher the rest of her class to safety before she collapsed from her injuries. 

An attorney for the teacher characterized her departure from Newport Public School District as a firing.

Lawyer Jeffrey Breit told WAVY-TV that school officials sent Zwerner an email in May stating that they had “processed a separation of employment” that would be effective June 12. 

“I don’t think you can read this any other way than you’ve been fired. And that’s what she thinks. She doesn’t understand it; there’s no other communication,” Breit said.

The school district refuted his claim in a statement Tuesday: “Every employee who is separating from the school division receives a similar communication.” 

The district also provided email correspondence with Zwerner in which she wrote: “I wish to resign. Thank you.” 

Zwerner and other teachers had warned school officials that the unnamed student had a gun in his backpack and was showing it to another student at recess.

Administrators failed to act, and the school’s principal was ousted in the wake of the shooting.

After spending nearly two weeks in the hospital, Zwerner said there are days when she struggles to “get out of bed” in the wake of her trauma.

In April, she sued the school district for $40 million, alleging that school officials ignored multiple warnings that the boy had a gun and was acting violently that day.

The school board has asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that Zwerner should get workers’ compensation instead.  

Deja Taylor, the 25-year-old mother of the boy who shot Zwerner, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to using marijuana while owning a firearm, which is illegal under US law. 

An attorney for the mother said Taylor believed the gun was secured on a high closet shelf with a trigger lock, and that it was unclear how the young boy got a hold of the weapon. 

Taylor is also facing charges on the state level of felony child neglect and reckless storage of a firearm. She is set to stand trial on those charges in August. 

With Post wires