Nine Staff Members Assaulted, Four Students Arrested at North High in One Day
Friday, September 18, 2015
Four students were arrested for the pair of altercations that took place on Wednesday, September 9. Two were arrested at the school, while the other two students were summoned to court for disruption of school assembly.
According to an administrative communication from Superintendent Dr. Melinda Boone, two female students were involved in a fight outside of North before the school day began. In an attempt to break the fight up, two assistant principals were assaulted. However, neither assistant principal was injured during the fight.
The two girls were arrested and taken into custody after failing to comply with the School Liaison officer who attempted to stop the situation from escalating even further.
Later on in the day, two male students got into a fight in the cafeteria. During this altercation, two assistant principals and five staff members were assaulted while trying to break it up. Again, according to the email from Dr. Boone, none of the staff were injured.
All four students will face disciplinary measures for the assault on staff members.
In response to GoLocalWorcester's request for comment regarding the incidents, Dr. Boone said in a statement, “School administrators deal with student discipline on a daily basis. The WPS’ Code of Conduct set forth disciplinary practices to ensure that students and staff continue to be safe in their respective schools. When students violate the Code of Conduct, a system of progressive discipline is deployed and consequences are consistent to the severity of the infraction. This is applicable to any incident occurred within the Worcester Public Schools."
Last Wednesday was an eventful day for the Worcester Public School system. September 9 was the same day that a school bus driver who wasn't wearing her seatbelt fell out of her seat making a left turn and lost control of the bus crashing into two cars.
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