Massachusetts School Officials Want to Deploy National Guard to End Violence at High School

Published on February 21, 2024

Four school committee members in Brockton, Massachusetts, are calling on the National Guard to restore order to the city’s embattled high school following reports of daily fistfights, rampant drug use, and students having sex in empty classrooms. “Over the past few months, our high school has experienced a disturbing increase in incidents related to violence, security concerns, and substance abuse,” wrote committee members Joyce Asack, Tony Rodrigues, Ana Oliver, and Claudio Gomes in a Feb. 15 letter to the mayor and school committee chairman. “The situation has reached a critical point; more recently, we had an alarming 35 teachers absent, underscoring the severity of the challenges we are facing.”...

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