More than 500 high school students were absent from a Washington state high school on Tuesday, after a small squad of masked individuals wreaked havoc during the school day on Monday.
The Auburn School District told Fox News Digital that 532 students were absent from Auburn Riverside High School on Tuesday after an incident shook the tight-knit school community.
“We had an incident on Monday that has been widely publicized and that has contributed to the number of absent students at that school. [Tuesday]”said a spokesperson for the school district.
Brandy Garber, whose daughter is in high school, said she stayed with her daughter after the incident.
“She’s scared. Then on the other hand, she wants to go to school because she feels like her grades are going down because I’m stopping her. But as a parent, what do you do?” Gerber told local news station KIRO-TV.
The Auburn Police Department said that on Monday, five masked people approached a side door of the school building around 1 p.m. and entered a classroom.
Police said there were five masked people who approached the side door of the school building before entering the classroom during school hours. google maps
The intruders ran through the hallways, pushing four students and hitting another, Auburn police confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Garber told the news station that her daughter said chaos broke out after the masked intruders entered the school’s hallways.
“He said everyone started running,” Garber told KIRO-TV. “They said people came in masked and they pushed them out of the way.”
Footage captures one of the masked intruders before chaos erupts inside the school’s hallways. Footage from FOX 13 Seattle shows another masked intruder pushing a teacher out of the way before running down the hallway.FOX Seattle 13
School administrators quickly swung into action and removed the individuals from school grounds, police said.
“Administrators chased them down and got them out of the building pretty quickly,” a police department spokesperson said.
Authorities said they believe the situation stemmed from a fight on school grounds last week.
Police say the intruders ran through the hallways, pushing students and even hitting one of them. FOX 13 Seattle
Following the incident, the local high school went into a “safety and instructional” lockdown for the remainder of the day. Exterior and interior doors were closed and students remained in their designated classrooms.
Police said that throughout this week, additional officers have been present on school grounds and at football games.
Auburn Riverside Superintendent Dr. Alan Spicciati told KIRO-TV that the school intends to “take very serious action.”
“We have many students and families upset about this. I’m upset. And we are going to take very serious measures because when decisions are made, there is responsibility,” said Dr. Spicciati.
Authorities are still investigating the incident and said the unruly individuals were not supposed to be on campus.
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