School leader says district policies call for ‘very long suspension or expulsion’

Warren County R-III Superintendent Gregg Klinginsmith said he cannot say whether the student suspected in Thursday’s stabbing attack at Black Hawk Middle School could return to school.

Victims and police response

The attack injured two students and a teacher.

First Alert 4 Investigator David Amelotti asked Klinginsmith whether there is a chance the student could come back to school.

Klinginsmith said he cannot speak to the specific case and that the student will receive due process.

“I can’t get into the student things, but every student is given due process,” Klinginsmith said. “In a situation like this, that would be severe.

We long-term suspend students a lot. We have expelled students enough.

So I can’t say specifically on this because the student will be given his own due process for this event, but our policies would have this to be a very long suspension or expulsion.”

Warrenton police told First Alert 4 a previous allegation involving a firearm was reported to the school resource officer about the student.