A 16-year-old Scarborough girl accused of attempting to murder a friend is asking a judge to change her conditions of release so she can attend school.

Lindsey McLaughlin has asked to alter her conditions of release, which requires 24-hour supervision by her parents or one of a small number of other adults, to allow her to return to school without having individual supervision, according to her attorney Maura Keaveney.

McLaughlin is charged in juvenile court with attempted murder and elevated aggravated assault – both Class A crimes – after she allegedly stabbed Barbara Kring, then 20, in the neck and throat outside of the Scarborough Public Library in early March.

The Scarborough school district conducted its own evaluation, which found that McLaughlin is not a threat to other students, Keaveney said.

“They have done a safety assessment,” Keaveney said. “They have put together a plan for Lindsey and she will be attending school.”

The issue will go before a judge on Sept. 4. Keaveney said she is anticipating the court will allow the change.

“We believe that’s going to happen,” she said. “It’s essentially what the school wants.”

Until the change is made, McLaughlin will remain under individualized supervision whether in school or not, she said.

Denise Kring, Barbara Kring’s mother, does not feel McLaughlin should be attending school without individual supervision.

“Obviously Barbara’s and my position is that Lindsey should be supervised by a specified individual including either a family member or a specified ed tech or specified teacher while attending school and we have shared our feelings with the DA’s office,” she wrote in an e-mail.

“The day Lindsey attacked Barbara was a day she spent in school and no one apparently picked up the signs she was dangerous that day so if she is not supervised, the concern we have is that she could again potentially become dangerous and no one would notice since she would just be one of many students at the high school.”

Denise Kring also said that McLaughlin could potentially leave the school grounds without anyone noticing, which especially concerns her daughter since the family lives within walking distance of the high school.

Scarborough High School Principal Andrew Dolloff said the district does not feel McLaughlin is a threat to other students, and said the school is abiding by the court’s decisions.

“I’m confident how things are progressing at this point,” he said. “We’re working with the family to follow the court order.”

Despite the severity of the changes, McLaughlin is being prosecuted as a juvenile because of her age and the fact that she has not been in any previous trouble.

McLaughlin’s attorney has said she will enter a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity to the charges, which will allow her to essentially receive no punishment once the plea is accepted by a judge. The plea hearing is currently scheduled for December.

McLaughlin was in court in April. The judge decided to continue the case until December, which allowed the court to require McLaughlin to continue receiving psychological counseling. If the plea had been accepted on that day, any further therapy for McLaughlin would have been voluntary.