A seventh grade female was stabbed by a male classmate while attending school at Coronado Middle School, according to the Coronado Police Department. The incident happened around 10:20 am today in the school library during class break, police say. The victim was stabbed twice with a pocket knife and is being treated at Rady Children’s Hospital.
According to an email from the Coronado Unified School District, the victim is now recovering from her injuries.
“Coronado Middle School staff responded immediately and first responders arrived within
minutes,” reads the email. “The injured student was transported to the hospital and we are deeply relieved to share that the student is recovering this afternoon.”
Police say the suspect is in custody. And due to the ages of the individuals involved, their names will not be released.
The district says it has provided additional counseling services to CMS and will continue to offer further supports as needed.
“CUSD extends our heartfelt thoughts to the student and family, and will continue to offer them our full support and care,” reads the statement. “Thanks to the quick and professional actions of our CMS staff and first responders, the campus remained safe and calm and the school day was able to continue with minimal disruption.”
Shortly after the altercation, an initial message was sent to middle school parents, sharing that an “isolated incident” occurred on the CMS campus. The message said that there was no threat to the broader student body or staff, and that all students were safe.
However, several middle school students reached out to their parents, asking to be picked up from school over safety concerns.
On the Coronado Police Department Facebook page, Coronado City Councilmember Amy Steward shared a message, saying, “My thoughts and prayers are with all those involved along with CMS students, teachers and staff.”
This story is developing.
Part of the problem is school districts are to passive when dealing with bullies. Isn’t this the same school a 12 year old committed suicide while attending 6 months back? Now we have a stabbing. At coronado middle school? Makes me wonder if kids are getting away with these things because their parents have money and positions, that could take legal actions against the schools for their children. Crazy to think about the astonishing number of adolescent suicides happening, yet they aren’t handing out expulsions for any of it? How many children have to give up at such a young age for reality of things to really set in.
It is beyond time that we move upper-grade tech instruction to early grades teachers who have counseling training. Aggression shows up early, and so do other anti-social behaviors.
Little ones love playing and learning together. Give them a chance. It will show up in better scores than we have now. Mental wellness leads to high achievement. Please.
I think drugs and alcohol have to be considered major factors in all violent acts. The problem is much bigger than we believe it to be. Whether someone, especially a young teen, is using at the time of the event or not the use of drugs affects a young person’s anxiety, emotional stability, ability to control their actions and reactions. We do know drug use has long lasting effects on our behavior. Not excuses but looking for solutions.
I agree with Valerie. We have a huge tax base in this town that has minimum for sale housing costs of $1mil. We can afford to have metal detectors! I don’t care if it takes longer to get into the schools SAFTEY is the most important thing!. The assailant must be held accountable as that is what is wrong with kids today. “I’m sorry” didn’t cut it with my children or grandchildren.
Bad behavior deserves accountability. Let’s stop talking about how much metal detectors would cost this town can afford everything but the students safety!
We moved to DC where there are security personnel and metal detectors. That child should not have a knife and that child must have a mental health issue that has not been addressed or has just surfaced. Protection costs money? Yeah it does. Multi million dollar homes should bring revenue through taxes and don’t we have to pay for RING? We lived in Coronado for the Navy and especially the safety. Now unfortunately schools and hospitals have signs on the door : No guns. Well that’s a blatant “sitting duck” message. So Resource officers and metal detectors OR Resource officers, Security guards and safety training for teachers and students should be put into place. I hope the boy gets help and I hope the girl heals quickly.
Valerie, It’s not as simple as it sounds. Setting up metal detectors and a full security team in a middle school is extremely expensive, time-consuming, and logistically difficult. Hundreds of students arrive at once, which would cause huge delays every morning. Schools also face legal and privacy issues when searching minors, and many communities don’t want campuses to feel like prisons. Most districts instead focus on layered safety, secured entrances, trained staff, mental health support, and early intervention programs, which are often more effective and practical than metal detectors alone.
Tom, I agree completely. The way to stop violence like this begins at home and continues in school through education and directly addressing online indoctrination. Metal detectors and security guards are ineffective solutions. We know there is a serious issue with the online radicalization of boys, the film Adolescence on Netflix covered this well. Until we actively reprogram the young boys who’ve been indoctrinated this problem will not improve.
The elementary school my children and grandchildren went to on Mt Helix finally put a fence around the school when child abductions were a problem. There was a teacher at the entrance and the kids filed in. There were no logistic problems. When the school was in session there was only one door open from the outside and it was through the office where you had to sign in to get on campus. People allowed on campus had to wear a visitor badge. It worked out great. This would not have helped the knife incident, but did make me feel my kids were safer from random students trying to come in after school has started with guns.
This young man should be severely punished, regardless of his age. If he acted like a thug, he should be prosecuted like a thug. Put his ass in jail!!!!!
You have virtually no information to make a wild assumption that this child should be incarcerated. There has been no substantive evidence brought forth to indicate that he acted like a “thug”. Your rhetoric does nothing to improve the situation and has no reason to exist within this forum. Maybe next time you’ll include a modicum of thought before posting what myself and many others would very likely deem hate speech. If not hate speech then most definitely extreme prejudice.
??? To my way of thinking, there is no justification for bringing a knife to middle school and plunging it into a fellow student. I believe that is behavior that deserves prosecution and severe punishment. Name-calling is irrelevant.
It’s important that the motive be released for parents’ situational awareness once investigation is complete… Unfortunately, this type of violence is not without influence. Parents have a responsibility to be aware of the content their children may be seeing online. This is not the first act of violence from male to female, and the sentiment in many online spaces is one of the incel. Unfortunately, content like that begins to gain traction at this age, when young men are in their most vulnerable stages mentally and emotionally, and the seed of resentment is planted before parents have a chance to realize it.
Amen.
I agree 100%
It is beyond time for metal detectors in all schools! If someone can brings a knife into the school, what is to someone from bringing a gun into the school? Every courthouse I have ever been to and every airport has metal detectors. Are our children not worthy of the same protection? It is an outrage that this school stabbing happed today! Not installing metal detectors is pure negligence and a statement that ourchildren don’t matter! Doing nothing is not acceptable! Every parent of the CSD should be outraged!