Twenty-six students were arrested after a melee broke out Wednesday afternoon at North Charleston High, a struggling school facing intense scrutiny and pressure to improve this year.<\/p>\n
ity police officers and Charleston County sheriff’s deputies rushed to the school’s temporary home — a former middle school on Leeds Avenue — and found students from rival neighborhoods fighting in the cafeteria about 1:30 p.m., said Spencer Pryor, public information officer for North Charleston police.<\/p>\n
They broke up multiple fights, and one student was taken to a hospital after complaining about stomach pains.<\/p>\n
Officers charged 13 juveniles and 13 adult-age students with disturbing school, but North Charleston police would not release the names of the adults who were arrested.<\/p>\n
Yuck–this one was blaring out at me on the front page of the morning local paper. Read it all<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twenty-six students were arrested after a melee broke out Wednesday afternoon at North Charleston High, a struggling school facing intense scrutiny and pressure to improve this year. ity police officers and Charleston County sheriff’s deputies rushed to the school’s temporary…<\/span><\/p>\n