A scholar was arrested after a combat with a trainer Thursday at Redwood Excessive College in Larkspur.
The incident happened at 11:30 a.m. on the constructing’s second ground, based on a letter to oldsters from Barnaby Payne, the principal.
Video from the incident seems to point out an grownup main a scholar down a hallway. The scholar walks backward and the grownup’s left hand rests on or close to the scholar’s proper shoulder. Then the scholar begins to strike the grownup within the head.
The grownup reaches his left arm round each the scholar’s shoulders, pulling him nearer, and the scholar reaches his personal proper arm across the grownup’s neck. The scholar pushes the grownup to his knees and clasps each arms round his neck earlier than different folks method and separate the 2.
“One other faculty grownup was in a position to help in breaking apart the altercation and the scholar left the scene,” Payne wrote.
College employees had been in a position to “peacefully have interaction the scholar,” and in addition contacted police, who took the scholar into custody, he mentioned.
Payne mentioned no weapons had been concerned within the incident. He requested mother and father to police their youngsters’s social media use to “assist stop any misinformation that isn't verified from the college or faculty district.”
Tara Taupier, superintendent of the Tamalpais Union Excessive College District, mentioned, “We're not conscious of any threats being made previous to the incident and have no idea at the moment what precipitated the occasion.”
“This was a single incident between the scholar and employees member, no different events had been concerned,” Taupier mentioned.
She didn't instantly reply to a followup question asking whether or not the college had been locked down, or college students requested to shelter inside lecture rooms, or if another precautions went into impact on account of the incident.
The Central Marin Police Authority didn't reply to requests for info.