Police were called to the Burtonsville, Maryland, school for a report of fighting about 11:20 a.m., a spokeswoman for Montgomery County Police says.
The sequence of events began when security guards tried to stop a fight from starting between two students inside the school’s cafeteria. A young woman who was sitting nearby then attacked one of the guards, police say.
A guard pulled the fire alarm to evacuate the building. The second fight broke out soon after when a police officer barred another student from getting back inside the school...
http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/02/5-arrested-montgomery-co-school/
Having a Clery-type report of crime, confrontation, and weapons at schools would help parents' awareness.
ReplyDeleteI understand from a parent that a student brought a gun into another school and used it. This is not mentioned in the news article. I understand that the parent was relived that the school successfully implemented its lock down procedure to prevent the student with the gun from using it on anyone but himself. http://www.gazette.net/article/20150210/NEWS/150219985/student-dies-in-apparent-suicide-at-col-e-brook-lee-middle-school&template=gazette