BROOK PARK, Ohio -- A 15-year-old boy faces an assault charge after he punched and elbowed a school administrator in the face, police said.

The incident happened just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the 5500 block of Smith Road at Education Alternatives near the Brook Park Building Department, a police report says.

The administrator suffered broken skin on his mouth and a bloody lip, the police report says.

Police were already at Education Alternatives investigating a menacing complaint involving another student. Another boy got into an argument with an administrator. The administrator tried to calm the boy as the student punched doors in a hallway, the police report says.

The administrator again tried to calm the student, but got elbowed several times in the stomach and punched in the mouth, according to the report.

The student was taken to a mediation room and held by several other school employees until he was able to calm down, the report says.

Another school employee witnessed the attack and said the student struck the administrator with a closed fist, the police report says.

The investigation was forwarded to the juvenile detective who will continue to investigate.

Education Alternatives' website describes itself as a school for "troubled children" that is "centered in the belief that the healing process needed to give children hope for the future comes from trusting relationships with positive adults in a safe and nurturing environment."

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