Spring fever takes hold of some local high school students
Some students of Laval Liberty High School and Laurier Senior High School came to blows in the parking lot of a furniture outlet on Daniel-Johnson Blvd. during their lunch hour last week.
The incident apparently was the continuation of something which began the day before, on March 27, near Laurier Senior High, also at lunch-hour.
According to Laval Police, on March 28, after morning classes had ended, three students of Laval Liberty were on their way to Carrefour Laval when they were met by a group of students from Laurier Senior High. About a dozen Laurier students followed the Laval Liberty students with tempers flaring on both sides. It appears that a dispute over girlfriends fueled the incident, with spring fever doing the rest.
Police reports indicate that during the altercation a Laval Liberty student suffered a minor facial injury near the eye as a result of an exchange of punches and kicks. Police intervened to calm everyone down. The injured teenager declined to press charges.
Suspension
Courrier Laval learned that at least one Laurier student was immediately suspended, a development which further aggravated the situation when the parent objected to the suspension and tempers flared again, in the presence of police. The situation was judged serious enough to necessitate the police to ask the parent and student to leave the school.
Mr. Glenn Cuggy, principal of Laurier Senior, stated that "The safety and security of students are always of the utmost importance in such situations."