Santa Rosa Students Call Out School Administrative Failures After Fatal Stabbing

CBS San Francisco

March 3, 2023

SANTA ROSA -- It's still unclear what happened when a 16-year-old student was stabbed to death and another was injured during a fight at a Santa Rosa high school on Wednesday but several parents have shared stories of their sons being bullied in city schools.

The fight at Montgomery High School that ultimately ended in a homicide broke out after two male students, both juniors, entered an art classroom and engaged in a physical altercation with a freshman boy. At the time, 27 students were in the class along with the teacher and three teacher's aides. School staff broke up the altercation but, moments later, the fight continued, according to Santa Rosa police. A student pulled out a knife and Jayden Pienta, 16, received three stab wounds to the upper part of his body and another student received a stab wound to his left hand. Both victims received emergency care until paramedics could arrive.

Pienta later died at the hospital.

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