MIDDLETOWN – A fight among students at Middletown High School on Thursday afternoon resulted in district administration announcing classes in grades 9 through 12 have been cancelled on Friday.
What prompted the fighting was not immediately known.
Superintendent of Schools Amy Creeden said Thursday’s incident did not include any weapons, there was no stabbing on campus and no one left the high school by ambulance. “Today’s incident was a physical altercation between high school young people,” she said in a letter to the community.
The high school would be closed “out of an abundance of caution and to enable our teams to unpack what took place” at the high school, Creeden said.
She said the majority of the students in the high school “are incredible members of our school community and role models to their peers.” The superintendent said for the most part, “our Middies are doing a fantastic job contributing to our school community and we consider them to be legacy makers.”
Creeden called on the entire school community to join forces and support the schools to be “safe, healthy spaces where our people can learn and grow.”
She said anyone looking for support as a result of the hold in place and incident at the high school can call the school to be linked to available services at 845-326-1600.
