Montgomery High Administrators Placed On Leave After Deadly Stabbing, New Weapons Arrests

CBS San Francisco

SANTA ROSA -- The principal and assistant principal at the Santa Rosa high school where a student was fatally stabbed during a fight have been placed on leave after two more students were arrested for bringing knives onto school grounds.

The announcement was made as Santa Rosa City Schools shared their action plan "to address safety and security" on the district's campuses in the wake of the deadly incident at Montgomery High School earlier this month that took the life of 16-year-old junior Jayden Pienta.

At the end of a statement that said former Montgomery High Principal Laurie Fong would be returning to serve in the position for the remainder of the school year, it noted that both Principal Adam Paulson and Assistant Principal Tyler Ahlborn were on leave. Fong had previously served as the principal at the school for 10 years ending in 2016. It also noted that Fong would be stepping down from her position on the Board of Education in order to return to her old job at Montgomery High.

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