Sun Prairie High School Tightens Fighting Policies

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Throwing a punch on high school grounds here will get you arrested, removed from school and in some cases could land you in jail.

After two significant fights at Sun Prairie High School in December, one involving as many as six students, the city's high school has changed the way it deals with violence at school.

The message came Jan. 4 and 5 over the school's public address system: If a student is involved in a violent act or there is a substantiated threat of physical violence, he or she will be arrested and removed from the school by Sun Prairie police, Principal Paul Keats said.

Previously, fighting students could be cited by police, but not necessarily removed from the building, he said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 23, 2007 6:17 AM
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