Teacher stabbed at school

A BYRON Bay Public School parent is frustrated and distressed about dropping her child off yesterday without being told of an alleged stabbing earlier of a teacher.

The parent dropped her daughter at school around 9.15am, almost two hours after the incident which left teacher Zane Vockler in hospital.

She delivered her child to her class and departed only to later discover the school was in lockdown.

A woman has been charged following the incident which occurred shortly after 7am.

Police will allege Mr Vockler, 28, and a woman, 31, were speaking on the premises before she approached him with what was believed to have been a pair of scissors.

Mr Vockler received cuts to his face and arm that later required treatment at Byron Central Hospital and then surgery at Tweed Hospital.

He was in a stable condition last night.

Following inquiries, police arrested his alleged attacker at a home on Beach Side Dr, Suffolk Park about 10.30am.

She was taken to Byron Bay Police Station and charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and entering enclosed lands without lawful excuse.

She was refused bail and is due to face Tweed Heads Local Court today.

The distressed parent of one students described the scene at the school yesterday morning.

“Parents weren’t contacted,” the mum said.

“There was a bit of an atmosphere and they’d put all the kids in the assembly hall. They’d packed them all in there. But I wasn’t aware of any of this.”

In a letter sent home to parents, school principal Linda Trigg said at “no stage were students in any danger”.

Mrs Trigg said the school had returned to normal operations by midday.