Stallings Island student cuts classmate; Harlem High sees disruption

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MARTINEZ, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - On Wednesday, a Stallings Island Middle School student was charged with cutting another student, and separate incidents caused disruptions at Harlem High School.

The Columbia County School District said a teacher at the middle school on Blackstone Camp Road learned that a student had a retractable breakaway blade.

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Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the student intentionally used the blade to cut the hand of another student seated next to them, the district said.

No other students were injured or threatened, and the blade was confiscated.

The student was criminally charged and removed from the campus. The student will also be held able according to the district’s code of conduct.

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Meanwhile at Harlem High School, there were two unrelated incidents of students running away from the school.

In the first incident, a student became upset during class and ran out of the school building in a state of distress.

In an unrelated incident, a student became unruly and also ran out of the building. The school was placed on a soft lockdown for about 20 minutes until the student could be brought under control. In response, the student will be removed from the school campus.