Teacher Loses Eye After Student Stabs Her
An Elgin high school teacher was stabbed in the neck and face by a student Friday morning. Carolyn Gilbert, a family and consumer sciences teacher, lost her eye after the 16-year-old stabbed her with a steak knife.
According to witnesses, a male teacher entered the room during the attack and intervened, ending the attack. After which, witnesses said Gilbert cried, "my eye, my eye."
Yeah, we bet she did. You know. Because she was stabbed in it.
There were 2,523 reports of aggravated assault/battery against school personnel in Illinois in 2006. [S-T]
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