A wooden table leg, a baseball bat, a hammer and a two-by-four.
Those were just a few of the weapons wielded during after-school brawls among 75 to 100 teenagers, city police Sgt. John M. Solecki said Thursday.
City detectives were still sorting through video from surveillance cameras and from bystanders, who posted footage of the fighting Wednesday on Facebook.
And the fact that city schools started spring break Thursday wasn’t helping, police.
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Editor’s note: What a sad reality.
The Manheim Township School District has notified parents that they will no longer be allowed to visit schools to have lunch with their children, a move it says is designed to “ensure a safe learning environment.”
The new policy was approved by the school board on March 21 and is effective May 1.
The policy was described in a letter to parents dated March 22 and signed by the district’s elementary-, intermediate-, middle- and high-school principals.
The letter stated that an exception can be made by each school’s principal if they choose to participate in a celebration such as National Lunch Week. The new policy would not allow parents to bring “restaurant food from outside sources” during such celebrations, however.
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