Overview
- St. Cloud police identified a 9-year-old student as responsible for a bathroom fire at Westwood Elementary School.
- The St. Cloud Area School District put the damage at about $2 million.
- Classes shifted to e-learning because smoke and fine particles made the air unsafe inside the building.
- Police sent the case to the Stearns County Attorney’s Office for review of non-court options allowed under state rules.
- Minnesota statute keeps children under 10 out of juvenile court, which means any response will focus on alternatives to prosecution.