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Several Students Arrested In Lincoln H.S. Fight
Police Arrest Several Students
POSTED: 1:59 pm EDT October 15, 2004
UPDATED: 5:07 pm EDT October 15, 2004
PHILADELPHIA -- Police were called in after a fight broke out at a northeast Philadelphia High School and officials say this is not the first such incident at the school.
School officials said that at about 1 p.m. Friday, during the 7th period lunch hour, a fight started between seven students in the cafeteria. Officials said it escalated into a food fight involving about 100 st
dents.
Philadelphia police were brought in to get the situation under control. They removed 450 students from the cafeteria and moved them outside on the school grounds. A short time later, those stu
dents were dismissed and sent home.
According to school officials, th
ree students were arrested and one student was injured, but officials said those numbers could change. NBC 10 News observed at least seven arrests.
Police said that they had to transport some students to local hospitals. Students told NBC 10 News that police used batons and some students were maced. Those stories have not been confirmed.
"Students who were involved in provoking fights, or involved in fights, students who were instigators will be expelled. We have 3,500 alternative school slots for students who are not going to be able to behave themselves," said Paul Vallas, the superintendent of Philadelphia schools.
This was the second fight in two weeks. Last Friday, 24 students were arrested after
a fight broke out outside the school. School officials said they are going to step up the security presence inside the cafeteria, beginning Monday. They are also going to park a truancy van outside the
school. They said they will bring in any students who are found lingering outside the school or
found wandering the hallways of the school.
A community meeting for parents will be held Monday at 6 p.m.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/3825027/detail.html
Several Students Arrested In Lincoln H.S. Fight
Police Arrest Several Students
POSTED: 1:59 pm EDT October 15, 2004
UPDATED: 5:07 pm EDT October 15, 2004
PHILADELPHIA -- Police were called in after a fight broke out at a northeast Philadelphia High School and officials say this is not the first such incident at the school.
School officials said that at about 1 p.m. Friday, during the 7th period lunch hour, a fight started between seven students in the cafeteria. Officials said it escalated into a food fight involving about 100 st
dents.
Philadelphia police were brought in to get the situation under control. They removed 450 students from the cafeteria and moved them outside on the school grounds. A short time later, those stu
dents were dismissed and sent home.
According to school officials, th
ree students were arrested and one student was injured, but officials said those numbers could change. NBC 10 News observed at least seven arrests.
Police said that they had to transport some students to local hospitals. Students told NBC 10 News that police used batons and some students were maced. Those stories have not been confirmed.
"Students who were involved in provoking fights, or involved in fights, students who were instigators will be expelled. We have 3,500 alternative school slots for students who are not going to be able to behave themselves," said Paul Vallas, the superintendent of Philadelphia schools.
This was the second fight in two weeks. Last Friday, 24 students were arrested after
a fight broke out outside the school. School officials said they are going to step up the security presence inside the cafeteria, beginning Monday. They are also going to park a truancy van outside the
school. They said they will bring in any students who are found lingering outside the school or
found wandering the hallways of the school.
A community meeting for parents will be held Monday at 6 p.m.