Police arrested one student and administrators suspended others in separate fights at Wilbur Cross High School this week.
The first fight took place at lunch time Wednesday inside the cafeteria.
Two ninth-grade girls started the fight, according to schools spokeswoman Michelle Wade. She said she doesn’t know why it started.
Soon other students joined in. An administrator stepped in and was either punched or kicked by one of the students, Wade said.
An adult in the room was able to identify some of the participants. Wade said the school gave those students a 10-day out-of-school suspensions. Officials will now consider whether to expel them. Wade said that’s normal procedure.
She said she doesn’t know the number of students suspended.
Meanwhile, another fight broke out Thursday inside a second-floor corridor known as the “T.” It took place between two female students.
Here’s what happened according to Sgt. Rick Rodriguez, the police department’s supervisor of school resource officers:
One girl confronted the other about a previous disagreement. “Why did you get my friend in trouble?” she apparently demanded. The other girl had trouble understanding her; “she has a thick [Spanish] accent,” Rodriguez said.
The first girl then threw a punch. The two started fighting.
School security guards responded immediately; the T is a busy spot between classes, and the fight caused a “big commotion,” but no one else participated in the fight, Rodriguez reported.
Police investigated the incident and charged the girl who threw the first punch, who’s 15, with simple assault.
It was unclear Friday whether the two fights were related.