Six months after what students called a "play fight" at Lincoln High School, the president of the San Diego Schools Police Officers Association is frustrated.
“We’re extremely disappointed in the way the school district is handling the discipline of a student who battered not just a school employee but a police officer," said association president Jesus Montana.
In February a 16-year-old student was tased during the incident after allegedly hitting a school police officer, wounding him.
“The student should have been recommended for expulsion," said Montana.
Instead of being expelled, and while the officer is still recovering from his injuries, one of the teens charged with the assault is returning to Lincoln High Monday for the first day of school.
Superintendent Cindy Marten issued a statement that reads in part:
" ....I went with Chief Littlejohn to be at the hospital bedside of the officer injured at Lincoln. I continue to hope for that officer's full recovery…I've been clear the primary job of the schools is educating children, and we cannot let anything get in the way of their access to a good education."
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Montana said there was an agreement with the district for both the student and the officer to be transferred to different schools, but only the officer will be involuntarily transferred after he recovers from his injuries.
“For the officers it’s a sense of betrayal, mistrust and not knowing if the district will have their back in the future if politics will lead the decision," said Montana.
