Santa Rosa high school's principal on paid leave after campus stabbing: report

Friday, March 7, 2025
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- A Santa Rosa high school principal is on paid administrative leave a week after an on-campus stabbing.

The Press Democrat reports that Elsie Allen High School Principal Gabe Albavera has not returned to campus since the Feb. 25 stabbing.

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A classroom fight ended with one 15-year-old boy stabbing another multiple times.

The student was taken to the hospital, but is expected to make a full recovery.



The victim's parent has criticized the principal because he was not contacted by high school administrators about the attack.

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