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The St. Paul school district is scheduled to take up a teacher contract next week that will include new steps toward making schools safer.

Latest student violence leaves teacher injured, St. Paul leaders vexed


St. Paul schools have been the scene of a number of violent incidents this school year. One left a 

 in a student's backpack at Harding High School in October.


The incidents come in the wake of a change in discipline policy aimed at curbing suspensions in the schools. 


In an interview with MPR News' Cathy Wurzer, Superintendent Valeria Silva said she doesn't think the district is an outlier for school violence.

Student discipline approach divides St. Paul school teachers, leaders


"We don't have much more violence, but we have had high-profile cases in which unfortunately teachers have been involved," she said. "And that's really unfortunate, because we all want to go to work and feel safe."


She emphasized that "our schools are safe." 


The district launched a new safety initiative in January that added more supervision in nearly a dozen schools where discipline problems have spiked this year.

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