PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (CBS12) — What began as an act of self-defense by a school district employee escalated, leaving a student with a cut lip and an abrasion to her left collarbone.
According to an arrest affidavit from the School District of Palm Beach County Police Department, school police officers were summoned to a bus at William T. Dwyer High School around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday after the driver reported a disruptive student.
The arrest report states that school district employee and paraprofessional Shaundra Smith responded to the scene and later called for additional support staff, including two administrators and two police officers, to assist in removing the student…