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Parents and Students Assault Teachers at City Bell Primary School, Director Hospitalized

Police now guard the campus after a daylong shutdown prompted by staff injuries.

Overview

  • A recess fight among three students escalated when summoned parents arrived and, according to police records and witness accounts, joined the aggression against teachers and administrators.
  • The director was treated in hospital for leg trauma, while two teachers reported blows and scratches, processed workplace-injury leave through ART, and chose not to file formal complaints.
  • Classes were suspended on Thursday and a patrol car was posted at the gate; school leaders met families as some parents demanded reopening, with a return to activity expected on Friday.
  • Escuela Primaria Nº80 has a documented history of serious incidents, and the episode follows other recent school violence in the province, including at La Plata’s Normal Nº2 and a case in Mar del Plata.
  • Provincial education and security ministries did not respond to media queries, and specialists link the surge in school aggression to broader social factors and call for coordinated state intervention.