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ONE of the combatants in a fight at Carson Graham secondary on Friday speaks
to police. Eight Grade 11 boys were suspended. Two others are being transferred.

Police called in to
end fight at Carson

Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter
dangelo@nsnews.com

A simmering summer
dispute involving a
‘group of teenagers
escalated to a fight

at Carson Graham
secondary on Friday.

. No one was seriously

.. injured in the 10 a.m. inci-
. dent that involved six Grade
11. male students.

It took. todk 10 school
staff. members and several
police officers to return
peace to the school.

Carson’s new Principal,

~ Larry Brown, called a school
assembly that same day to
review student conduct.

“I was pretty emotional
about my expectations of
wanting this school to be like
a family. I expect this school
to be a safe haven and this to
be a place where teaching
and learning is the focus of
what we do. I need the help
of the kids to do this,” said
‘Brown on Tuesday.

One Carson staff member
was hit by an apple while
attempting to break up
Friday’s fight.

The school principat said
the brother of one student
brandished: a stecring wheel
locking club.

Brown said the club was
being used in a “threatening

Suspensions
meted out at
NV school

manner.”

Police also said a rock was
thrown into a crowd and
narrowly = missed _ hitting
someone in the head.

The school principal said
altogether cight Grade 11
male students were suspend-
ed for participating in
Friday’s brawl and for threats
and pushing and shoving
incidents which occurred
over a few days leading up to
the fight.

Brown said two other stu-
dents involved in the fight
are being sent to other high
schools.

“That’s just for the
greater peace and safety of
everyone,” said Brown.

“There has been a lot of
upset in the school, a lot of
kids really upset.”

The school principal said
that he had arranged mect-
ings with approximately 18
students and parents after he
had suspended some stu-
dents prior to Friday's inci-
dent.

“I choughe the matter was
resolved on Thursday morn-
ing, but it scems it wasn’t...
To be honest with you, I
have no idea what happened

in the summer. All I know is
that we’ve had to deal with
the anger gencrated some
place else,” said Brown.

Brown said he was mect-
ing with a parent of one of
the students in the princi-
pal’s office when the fist
tight started.

North Vancouver RCMP
Const. Tom Seaman said
there were “clear aggressors”
in the fight.

He said a possible cause
of the fight involved a com-
ment made by one of the
male students about anoth-
er’s girlfriend during the pre-
vious week.

“There has obviously
been some strong animosity
between these people for
some time now,” — said
Scaman.

Police say that before the
fight began, one suspended
student and his father arrived
at the school in a car.

“Some other kids started
harassing him and_ spitting
on the car,” said Seaman.

Some of the teenagers
were detained by police, but
ne one was arrested.

Seaman said that if police
decided to recommend
charges against any of the
teenagers, the charges would
include assault and causing a
disturbance by fighting.

Carson Graham has
enrolled 1,300 students this
school year.

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