no disagreement here, just saying a fall would save the ego
According to the article, the kid was known to be a problem. The parents are claiming he couldn’t do something like that, but admit that he is on medication to control it.
Forget the teacher’s ego, this kid is a disaster waiting to happen. He should be kicked out of school for assaulting a teacher (actually two of them, according to the article).
When someone thinks it is serious enough to call the cops (although the cops did nothing), its time to deal with the problem, decisively.