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Witnesses under subpoena describe West High stabbing and say district failed to share safety records
Summary
Two former West High administrators testified under subpoena that a student stabbed a classmate in a school bathroom in October 2023, and said Salt Lake City School District officials did not share prior records about the assailant or sufficiently follow up on safety procedures.
Two former West High administrators testified before the Utah Legislature’s Rules Review and General Government Oversight Committee on Sept. 25 that a student’s October 2023 stabbing at West High resulted from system failures that left staff and students unprotected.
Dr. Jared Wright, former principal of West High School, said he received word of an “organized fight” in a second‑floor bathroom on Oct. 10, 2023, and later learned a boy who had a known history of threats and violent incidents returned to the bathroom and “stabbed a young woman in the abdomen.” He said the victim required life‑saving first aid and was taken to Primary Children’s Hospital.
The testimony came after committee members invoked a legislative subpoena and…
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