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Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice
Police: Eighth-Grader Stabs Rutherford Principal With Folding Knife At Graduation Practice A 14-year-old Rutherford eighth-grader stabbed a school principal several times in the chest with a folding knife during graduation practice Friday afternoon before throwing his hands up in surrender, police said. Union School Principal Kurt Schweitzer was treated for injuries that weren't life-threatening, Lt. Marc A. Amatucci said. The principal was leading his school's 8th-grade graduation in the Washington School gymnasium around 9:30 a.m. when the boy "ran across the gym and proceeded to thrust the knife, striking the chest of the principal several times," Amatucci said. The boy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack Middle Schooler Brings BB Guns To School Hackensack Middle Schooler Brings BB Guns To School
Hackensack Middle Schooler Brings BB Guns To School HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack Middle School student who brought two BB guns in with him on Monday was detained by police and then sent home, authorities said. A source with knowledge of the situation said it was the second time it had recently happened at the Union Street school, which has roughly 1,500 students in grades 5-8. The situation was handled without incident, Acting Schools Supt. Rosemary Marks said in a letter to parents (see photo above).  The Hackensack Police Department's school resource officer responded to the school and took the sixth grader into custody before he was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat
Principal Told Mahwah Parents Of Supposed School Shooting Threat MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen apologized to parents Saturday afternoon for the timing of an announcement the night before involving a 13-year-old boy who'd supposedly threatened to "shoot up" Ramapo Ridge Middle School. But she also said it was necessary. "It is clear from the emails received that the communication sent out on Friday evening did not meet its intended purpose and for that we sincerely apologize," Schoen wrote. "The timing of the email, late Friday, before a four-day weekend, was unfortunate but necessary to respond to increase…

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by Jerry DeMarco