St. Paul student faces felony charge in attack on Central High teacher; union seeks state mediation

The argument between the two students during first lunch began innocently enough — with some trash talk about knowledge of football statistics. By the time it was over, a teacher had to be hospitalized with a brain injury, an assistant principal had a grapefruit-sized bruise on his neck and a 16-year-old student at St. Paul Central High School faces felony assault charges now for allegedly attacking the school staff members who tried to break up a fight.

It is the type of student-on-staff school violence that Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said has been increasing at an alarming rate.

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