Ed. note: These kids are 13 years old! It sounds as if this school administration and staff is in dire need of learning about trauma-informed schools, and of taking measures to institute trauma-informed practices! Has the Sonoma County ACEs Connection group had any luck in reaching out to them?
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Back-to-back fights this week injured two Windsor Middle School students and led police to arrest four others on suspicion of assault or weapons possession.
One boy was hit in the head with a small novelty baseball bat during a fight Wednesday at a park near the school’s Brooks Road South campus. The next day, in an apparent attempt at retaliation, a group of boys attacked a student who had called police to the park the day before, police and school officials said.
All the participants were around 13 years old.
Windsor Unified School District Superintendent Steve Jorgensen called the fights “very serious” and said they stand out as more alarming than a typical conflict that may arise among students. He said school staff were investigating whether the actions of any students could result in expulsion.
While school officials have said the incidents appear to be isolated, one parent spoke out Friday to say the fights were an extension of yearlong bullying her son has endured at the school and the inability of staff to address the problem.
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