Dozens of Students Brawl at High School
Dozens of black and Latino students brawled at Leuzinger High School Thursday afternoon in a clash prompted by an early-morning fight between two girls on the Lawndale campus, authorities and students said.
Most of the fighting took place outside the school’s main entrance about 1 p.m. as between 500 and 800 students streamed from the building to watch or join in scattered fistfights, said sheriff’s spokesman Fidel Gonzales. The disruption was halted by about 50 police and sheriff’s deputies. There were no significant injuries but four youths were arrested. Classes, which were cut short Thursday, will resume today.
Officials scheduled no special programs to deal with the latest demonstration of racial tension in the Centinela Valley Union High School District, which in the last year has experienced racial animosity among students, teachers, administrators and board members.
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