Students and families are concerned after an emergency reportedly left a South Kitsap High School sophomore hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury Nov. 20 and police arrested a suspect in class.
Meanwhile, police and school staff maintain that they handled the situation appropriately but acknowledged that communication with families could have been clearer.
Port Orchard police officers arrested a 16-year-old boy after he allegedly tipped over a stanchion, which is an upright bar or post, off of the top floor of the school, the police chief and school district superintendent told The News Tribune in a phone call Tuesday. The stanchion fell 16 feet from a landing and struck students who were sitting below, according to police. It hit a 15-year-old girl’s head, and injured another 15-year-old boy who called 911, Police Chief Matt Brown said…