An Alexandria City High School student allegedly brandished a knife and injured a student in a fight on the school football field during a fire drill today (Jan. 29), according to a letter from the school’s principal to parents.
The Alexandria Police Department responded to the ACHS King Street campus at around 11:30 a.m. for report of a 14-year-old male student who was injured with a cut to his finger, according to dispatches.
“While students were on the field, a student brandished a knife during an altercation,” ACHS Executive Principal Alexander Duncan III wrote in a message to staff and families. “One of the students was injured and was transported to the hospital for treatment.”
No information on the student with the knife was disclosed. ACHS spotted the suspect in blue jeans and a white hoodie running from the building, according to dispatches.
ALXnow has reached out to APD for more information on this incident.
Duncan wrote that the knife was “immediately confiscated and the situation is still being investigated in accordance with standard protocols.”
Duncan added said that there is “no tolerance for fighting” and that students involved in incidents like this “will not be allowed to return to the King Street or Minnie Howard Campuses.”
Duncan continued, “This incident is serious. This is also a reminder that disruptive and violent behavior will not be tolerated at ACHS. Any student who engages in altercations or other serious violations of the ACPS Student Code of Conduct will face immediate and significant consequences.”
ACHS closed early for winter break in December due to fights in the school, prompting school officials to boost security. ACPS Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt is asking the School Board to fund hiring more security officers at the school.
