599 Students Absent at North High School on Friday

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Patrick Sargent, GoLocal Worcester Contributor

According to sources, 599 students were absent at North High School today. As GoLocal Worcester reported Friday morning, students at North started a petition for a police presence following Tuesday's bomb threat at the school. It was the fourth bomb threat of the year at North.

According to reports, parents and guardians of North High students were alerted of a possible threat to the school on Friday, prompting the large number of absent students.

Following the bomb threat on Tuesday, Worcester Police responded to a fight between 30 to 40 students on the third floor of North. During the fight, a male teacher was punched in the head twice and an assistant principal was spit on.

Another teacher was assaulted by a 6’0”, 235 pound 17-year-old male student. The teacher was struck in the chest by the male student while the teacher was attempting to get his students away from the fight.

Three students were arrested by the Worcester Police Department. Two of the students were arrested for Assault and Battery and Disruption of School Assembly. One student was only charged with Disruption of School Assembly.

On Thursday evening, teachers from North High School petitioned the Worcester School Committee to provide more support and teachers in the school to be more of a presence in the hallways, at assemblies and in the lunchroom.