EAG: KENT, Wash. – Union officials are pointing to an increase in teacher injuries inflicted by elementary students as evidence that the Kent School District should hire more help to keep classrooms safe.

The union, which is currently in contract negotiations with the district, helped to organize a protest at tonight’s school board meeting, where teachers will demand that district officials hire more behavior intervention specialists, counselors and other school staff to work with troubled students, the according to the Maple Valley Reporter.

“We have elementary teachers and students that have to evacuate their classroom because of a violent student. more