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Teen involved in fatal fight will attend alternative school

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October 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Council Bluffs Community School District, Thursday, announced that the student who threw the punch in a fatal fight at Abraham Lincoln High School won’t be expelled. The Daily NonPareil reports instead, 16-year old Gregary Teer has been reassigned to an “academic reassignment center” housed at Kanesville Alternative Learning Center. According to the district’s website, Kanesville is intended for students struggling to fit in to larger classes at the high schools, who have attendance issues, who are not earning credits or who are behind on credits, as well as students taking more than four years to complete their diploma.

Diane Ostrowski, the district’s chief communications officer, told the paper Teer will not be able to return to his classes at Abraham Lincoln, which he said publicly he wants to do. Ostrowski said Teer is a junior, and there has been no discussion about what high school or academic center he will attend for his senior year.

Chad Primmer, a Council Bluffs attorney representing Teer, said his client is “very disappointed” and will challenge the district’s decision. Teer has been suspended since last Thursday when he punched 17-year old Dakota Escritt, who later died from an injury sustained from falling and hitting his head after being punched.

Earlier this week, the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office dropped all charges against Teer, after video-tape evidence of the fight indicated he was not the aggressor, and was trying to defend himself.