UPDATED WITH ARREST INFORMATION: Student stabbed at Santa Fe High School
Staff report
Updated on October 21 with bail information.
ALACHUA, Fla. – David Christopher Teague, 18, was arrested today after allegedly stabbing another student at Santa Fe High School.
According to a release from the Alachua Police Department, School Resource Officers and additional patrol officers responded to the high school at about 12:26 p.m. today after reports of a fight between students.
A knife was pulled during the fight, and one student was stabbed; the victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
According to an email sent to parents, the weapon was a pocket knife, and Teague will be disciplined “in keeping with state law and the district’s Code of Student Conduct, which requires a mandatory 10-day suspension and mandatory recommendation for expulsion.”
Teague has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a weapon on school property, and interfering with school administration functions. He has no criminal history, and Judge Robert Groeb ordered him held without bail until trial.
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How much you want to bet his parents are divorced and he is lacking a father figure role model in his life?
How much you want to bet you’re making a ton of assumptions?
I hate that it has come to this, but I think it is time for metal detectors at all of our schools now. They have installed all of the fences and the secured gates, I think, so now they need a single point of entry with guards and detectors. I’d be afraid to send my kids to public school these days.
You may be right but many parents don’t want their children raised in mini prisons. This is one of many reasons why thousands have pulled their children from government schools over the past couple years and used the school choice funds to homeschool or send to a private or charter school.
Rumor is he was being bullied and the school would not do anything about it! Bullying and violence is NOT needed in school.
I thought such things don’t happen out in idyllic Springs County?!?
The term “pocket knife” covers a lot of hardware. Law experts: Is a folder with a two-inch blade really considered a weapon by schools these days, or do you have to stab someone with it first, then it becomes a weapon?
Serious question: Have schools prohibited metal cutlery in the cafeterias? How about mechanical pencils and the little metal compasses we all had? How about sports equipment like ball bats, tennis rackets and Lacrosse sticks? So many potential weapons.
Even small knives or sharp objects can cause a lot of damage or even death. Depends on what is hit or whether or not infection sets in. So yes, they can be a weapon. But so can a fingernail file.
This kid was repeatedly bullied, clearly to his breaking point. I am glad he finally had the courage to stand up to the bully but it wasn’t handled in the best way. I partially blame the administrators however he has unfortunately hurt himself more than the bully. When I was in high school, we all carried pocket knives but it was never a though to use as a weapon, we settled differences with a good ole fistacuff walking away with the issue settled and done.
When I taught at Trenton HS 20 years ago, the FFA and other VoTec kids were given a pass on knives….they were not ‘knives’ they were farm tools. No one got stabbed. We also let them wield much more dangerous items such as big screwdrivers and hammers.
That child was bullied several times and reported the incidents to the counselors and the school on multiple occasions. However, the Student Support Services department has repeatedly shown a lack of effectiveness. They have an elaborate website for reporting bullying, yet they take no action. The school board is suffering from internal issues, starting with the extraordinarily expensive superintendent.
In all fairness, students reported sexual harrassment at Santa Fe HS for years too (according to reports), and nothing was done about that either. Lest you think that bullying is the only thing they ignore.