Parents Pulled Students Out Of School

Santa Clarita, May 2, 2006 -- Parents got a telephone call last night from school officials, saying that administrators were aware of the posting, and extra deputies would be assigned to the school at 24825 Newhall Ave.

On Friday, a fight broke out on the campus and school was dismissed early, but no one was hurt, the sheriff's department reported. Some kids say it was racially motivated. Deputies arrested four students.

This morning, authorities monitored arriving students, but no weapons were found. About half of the 2,800 students stayed home.

"We've heard rumors that this is a `red herring' day, that it could happen another day," said Pat Willett of the William S. Hart Union High School District late this morning.

"We've heard it's this campus. We've heard it's a number of campuses. It depends on what rumors you're listening to," she said. "We would certainly hope that the campus not only will return to normalcy tomorrow, we would hope it remains calm today."

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