A Coral Shores High School teacher was taken to the hospital after she reportedly tried to break up a fight between two students the morning of Monday, April 8.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Islamorada Fire Rescue were called to the high school after a fight broke out between two males.
The teacher was trying to stop the altercation when she was knocked into a table and hit her head. She was treated at the scene and taken to Mariners Hospital for head injuries.
Principal Laura Lietaert said the teacher was released from the hospital the same day. Lietaert wouldn’t comment further with an investigation ongoing by the sheriff’s office.
The names of the students and the teacher weren’t immediately released.
But a day after the fight, on April 9, a 15-year-old Key Largo boy was arrested after deputies said he injured the teacher while he was fighting with another student.
The boy was charged with felony battery on an educational employee and misdemeanor battery.
“Violence will not be tolerated in our schools and I will continue to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of all students and staff,” Sheriff Rick Ramsay said in a statement.
The male was fighting with another male at 11:40 a.m. Monday when he pushed the female teacher out of the way, causing her to fall, MCSO spokesman Adam Linhardt said. A warrant was obtained and the boy was arrested Tuesday.
The story has been updated to reflect a teacher was injured in the altercation, not a counselor, per the sheriff’s office.
