Issaquah school briefly in lockdown after student attacks teacher with scissors

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — The Gersh Academy in Issaquah went into lockdown Wednesday morning after a student reportedly stabbed a teacher.

Issaquah police told KIRO 7 that the student used a pair of scissors to attack the staff member.

Officers were called to the campus around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The school primarily serves students who are on the autism spectrum.

The student was detained by law enforcement and the teacher is expected to recover.

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