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Alexandria City High School cancels in-person instruction after fights leave students, staff injured
Alexandria City High School cancels in-person instruction after fights leave students, staff injured
Ciara Wells | ciara.wells@wtop.com
December 19, 2024, 5:36 AM
A Virginia high school canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after multiple “student conflicts” left students and staff injured.
In a Wednesday statement to the families of students at Alexandria City High School (ACHS), Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt said students across all its campuses will participate in asynchronous instruction as a swift response to multiple altercations inside its King Street campus.
“I would also like to express how disheartening and concerning it was to learn about the unacceptable behaviors and actions taken by some of our students that resulted in injuries to staff and students,” she added.
Around noon on Tuesday, multiple fights broke out among students, Kay-Wyatt said, placing the building in a “hold status” for most of the day. The “hold status” meant students and staff could not enter or leave classrooms and hallways “to support security posturing.”
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Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
ciara.wells@wtop.com
Ciara Wells | ciara.wells@wtop.com
December 19, 2024, 5:36 AM
A Virginia high school canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after multiple “student conflicts” left students and staff injured.
In a Wednesday statement to the families of students at Alexandria City High School (ACHS), Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt said students across all its campuses will participate in asynchronous instruction as a swift response to multiple altercations inside its King Street campus.
“I would also like to express how disheartening and concerning it was to learn about the unacceptable behaviors and actions taken by some of our students that resulted in injuries to staff and students,” she added.
Around noon on Tuesday, multiple fights broke out among students, Kay-Wyatt said, placing the building in a “hold status” for most of the day. The “hold status” meant students and staff could not enter or leave classrooms and hallways “to support security posturing.”
{snip}
Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
ciara.wells@wtop.com