Principal Beaten Unconscious At Boston-Area School, Classes Canceled Thursday

BOSTON (CBS) – The Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion School successful Dorchester, Massachusetts is closed Thursday aft a main and different unit subordinate were attacked by a pupil during dismissal Wednesday.

When Boston Police arrived, an serviceman recovered Upper Campus Principal Patricia Lampron unconscious connected the crushed being tended to by unit members. She was taken to a infirmary for attraction of superior injuries which are considered to beryllium non-life-threatening.

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The principal’s daughter, MaryKate Lampron, released a connection Thursday connected behalf of the family.

Today our mother, Patricia Lampron, was violently attacked astatine schoolhouse and earnestly injured by a student. She was taken to the infirmary by ambulance wherever she is being assessed and treated for her injuries. Anyone who knows her knows however passionate she is astir this school, it’s students and the Henderson School community. Our superior interest is her wellness and safety. She volition request clip and enactment to retrieve from her injuries. We expect a afloat probe into the circumstances of the battle to guarantee the information of each the students, unit and teachers successful the Henderson School Community. She wants everyone to cognize that determination is NO spot for unit successful our schools.

According to WBZ-TV I-Team sources, the 61-year-old main suffered breached ribs and a caput injury.

A 16-year-old miss was arrested and volition beryllium arraigned successful Dorchester Juvenile Court connected battle and artillery charges.

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Another unit subordinate was allegedly deed arsenic well, but it’s unclear what injuries were sustained.

The incidental was witnessed by galore students, unit and parents.

“This convulsive behaviour volition not beryllium tolerated,” Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said successful a statement. “The health, information and well-being of our students and unit is our apical precedence astatine Boston Public Schools. I americium personally progressive and americium ensuring we are taking contiguous and swift action.”

Parents having to archer their children determination is nary schoolhouse contiguous present astatine the Henderson Upper Campus School successful Dorchester. Some person been dropping their kids disconnected unaware of what happened. Only to beryllium told by unit here, determination is nary school. @wbz pic.twitter.com/mWucZ8C5CJ

— Lisa Gresci (@Lisa_Gresci) November 4, 2021

Cassellius said the determination to cancel schoolhouse Thursday was for the utmost caution.

“This incidental is disturbing and wholly unacceptable,” Cassellius said. “We privation to beryllium clear: Violence of immoderate benignant is not tolerated and volition not beryllium tolerated successful the Boston Public Schools.”

Students successful grades 2-to-12 be the Upper Campus of the Henderson School.

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The Boston Public Schools situation squad and different enactment unit volition beryllium disposable to students and teachers erstwhile they instrumentality to the schoolroom connected Friday.