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Subscribe to RSSPOUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A high school English teacher is accused of violently stabbing a fellow teacher with a screwdriver on Thursday, sending her to the hospital and causing a brief lockdown at the school.
Police said Cynthia Glozier, 54, also an English teacher at Poughkeepsie High School, was stabbed as many as 18 times by Ronette Rocketts, 40, more than half of those in the back.
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School officials said the injured teacher was being treated at St. Francis Hospital and that police were investigating the fight.
The reason for the attack was unclear. The accused stabber is in custody; it was not clear if she had an attorney.
Officials locked down the school from about 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
"No students were involved in the incident and no students were harmed," the school said in a statement.
After the lockdown, the school continued classes Thursday.
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Ms. Rocketts launched the attack....
I think someone really needs their Christmas break!
And on paid administrative leave.
So sad, and so true.
This is NY they could of been lovers..
Lusitania
Well that was an ignorant statement if I've ever heard one...
Not as ignorant as you might think, Lolly1192!
In fact, that's a pretty good guess!
Only in America can you stab someone 18 times, be arrested and still get paid while in jail!!! Knew I should have been a teacher.
They argued about a "department meeting." Was it another tenure thingy?
Ya might say she really got Screwed..
They were fighting over a 12th grader.
Details, please.
geeze after the first few stabs I would have complained a little But to just stand there and take it.. thats just sick
ett-to mrs rockett?
Ronette just demanding her respect.
Ms. Ronette's skills as an English teacher will certainly be of value to the penal system. Why not offer her a prison contract for teaching the other inmates English language skills? Students should be forewarned; however, to not speak disrespectfully to the teacher.
Be very careful about your punctuation and Grammar at this school …
So which is it? White Teacher stabs Black Teacher, Black Teacher Stabs White Teacher or was it Black Teacher Stabs Black Teacher with a Screw Driver? Or none of the above?