BELLFLOWER : Officials Seeking Cause of Fight That Closed School
School officials closed Bellflower High School on Friday as a precaution against a repeat of fighting that erupted on campus Thursday. Administrators said they hoped that the day off followed by spring break next week will cool tensions at the school.
“The school is going to figure out what the heck was going on there,” said Bellflower Unified School District spokesman Mike Pratt. “We can’t say for sure what started it.”
The fighting Thursday began at lunch and involved more than half a dozen students as 100 to 300 looked on, said Sgt. Kim Thompson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Administrators called the Sheriff’s Department, which responded with 13 officers and a helicopter. Deputies and campus security officers quickly separated students. No weapons were used in the fight and no one was arrested or seriously hurt, Pratt said. The school nurse treated three students for cuts and bruises and sent another to a hospital for a checkup after the student complained of dizziness, he said.
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