[BHS Etree] ADMIN: Quiet School Day Today at Berkeley High

[BHS Etree]

Dear BHS Community,

Today we exercised an abundance of caution as we increased safety and 
police presence on and around campus in response to reports of possible 
confrontations following an incident yesterday after school in which 
Berkeley students were at McClymonds High. We are glad to report that 
today was quiet with no interruptions to class. I appreciate the staff 
and BPD's continued commitment to providing a safe learning environment 
for our students.

We issued school discipline consequences to those students who were 
involved in the McClymonds incident and are continuing to share 
information with school officials in Oakland and other neighboring 
school districts to support safety at each other's sites.

We do believe that the safest place for students is on campus at lunch 
where teachers and staff are present. If students /do/ choose to go off 
campus at lunch, we strongly recommend that they avoid or move away from 
gathering crowds.

We will continue to provide heightened safety and Berkeley Police 
presence as needed through the end of the year.

We also recommend that families arrange after school pickup on the MLK 
side of the school, the west side of campus, as most of the trouble we 
have had to manage recently has occurred on the Milvia and Shattuck side 
of school.

Students are often our strongest ally and resource for school safety and 
we encourage them to report potentially dangerous situations to any 
staff member or Berkeley Police. In the event your student is not 
comfortable with that, encourage them to alert you, so that you can 
notify us immediately. Time is critical in the event that there is a 
possible incident about to occur.

We will continue to provide clear communication with the community as is 
necessary.

Kristin Glenchur

Principal, Berkeley High School

kristinglenchur at berkeley.net


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