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Salt Lake City School District defends handling of West High stabbing; lawmakers press for improved student transfer and safety data
Summary
Salt Lake City School District Superintendent Liz Grant told the committee the district followed law when the assailant in the October 2023 West High stabbing was expelled, and disputed claims of employee retaliation. Lawmakers pressed for clearer handoffs when students move between programs and asked the district to preserve records.
Salt Lake City School District Superintendent Liz Grant told the Rules Review and General Oversight Committee on Oct. 26 that the district followed state law when it expelled the student who stabbed a West High School student in October 2023, and that the district did not retaliate against staff who raised safety concerns.
Grant said the assailant had been an eighth grader at Northwest Middle School who was placed in the district's safe-school setting at Horizonte after fights at his middle school. "We have no evidence that he had threatened or had violent interactions with the young woman that he later attacked," Grant said, describing the district's threat assessment and the safe-school placement.
Why it matters: Committee members raised concerns that records and handoffs were not clear when the student moved from an alternative setting back into a comprehensive high school.…
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