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April 6, 2011 in News, City
Lakes Middle School student threatens another with knife
For the second time in less than a month, a North Idaho middle school student has been arrested for aggravated assault.
Today, a 13-year-old held a knife to the neck of another 13-year-old boy in the cafeteria during lunch at Lakes Middle School, according to Coeur d’Alene police. The victim grabbed the knife to get away, and his hand was cut. He was treated and released from Kootenai Medical Center.
Authorities said the incident that occurred about 12:30 p.m. was not preceded by a fight or yelling.
The boy with the knife was arrested and booked into the Kootenai County Juvenile Detention facility.
The incident remains under investigation, police officials said.
On March 12, a Woodland Middle School eighth-grade boy was stabbed in the shoulder, chest and arm with a pocketknife by another eighth-grade boy.
“Obviously, we are very concerned that despite our admonitions and zero-tolerance policy that kids are still bringing knives to school,” said Coeur d’Alene School District Superintendent Hazel Bauman. “We absolutely can’t have kids bringing knives to school.”
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avocet on April 06 at 8:44 p.m.
Scary and sad. Yet another example of the self-esteem method of child-rearing gone horribly wrong.
force_vector on April 06 at 9:01 p.m.
The CDA School District MUST do a better job of identifying problem kids and removing them from schools before they attempt to hurt someone. There are almost always signs of trouble ahead. As for this punk, lock him up with his parents and throw away the key.
ManleyPointer on April 07 at 8:56 a.m.
Sounds like maybe it’s time to move beyond reliance on “admonitions and zero-tolerance policies.”