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Parents say student was spat on, urge Alpine School District to adopt self‑defense guidance
Summary
Parents described an incident at Pleasant Grove Junior High in which a student says a peer spat in his face; they called on Alpine School district to clarify discipline rules and to adopt explicit self‑defense guidance after administrators suspended the victim for a short period.
Ellen Campbell and her husband, Scott Campbell, told the Alpine School District Board of Education that their son was assaulted at Pleasant Grove Junior High on Jan. 24 and that school discipline procedures left them feeling revictimized.
The Campbells described a hallway confrontation in which another student shouted at and then spat in the eyes, nose and mouth of their son; the parents said video shows their son pushed the aggressor only after being spat upon. They asked the board why district policy does not explicitly address self‑defense and why administrators required their son to stay home for several days after the incident.
The question matters, the Campbells said, because parents expect school discipline rules to protect…
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