Santa Rosa Schools Settle Stabbing Lawsuits

0:00It's April 21st. Welcome to California News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Santa Rosa City Schools just dropped $6,250,000 to settle lawsuits from the families of two teens in that fatal. Stabbing at Montgomery High, back in March 2023. The cash splits $3,500,000 to the family of 16-year-old Jaden Pienta, who died from the wounds, and $2,000,000. $150,000 to the family of 15-year-old Daniel Palito, who did the stabbing. Their suit claimed the district ignored building beef between the boys over-slash tires. Word is Jaden started the fight in an R-class, but a judge ruled Daniel acted in self-defense, dropping the manslaughter charge. No resource officers were on campus that day since the school board cut them in 2020 after George Floyd. The tragedy lit a fire under folks debating school safety, pushing the district to roll out new measures to lock things down tighter.

1:00Now they're working on funding to bring those officers back to middle and high schools, staying vigilant on any weapons threats while keeping both. Families in their thoughts.