<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Dear Students, Staff, and Families,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">In
an effort to exercise an abundance of caution today, we are limiting
non-student and visitor entry to campus and recommending that students
stay on campus at lunch today. </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">We
have confirmed reports that a small number of Berkeley students went to
McClymonds High School in Oakland after school yesterday to continue a
personal conflict related to the very large fight that occurred in
Berkeley three weeks ago. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">We now have what we
believe are credible reports that the group of students they are
fighting with intend to come to Berkeley today either at lunch or after
school.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">We are recommending that students stay
on campus today at lunch and we ask teachers and staff to make their
rooms available for them to study in and eat on campus today. If
students <i>do</i> choose to go off campus at lunch, we strongly recommend that they avoid or move away from gathering crowds.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">We
have requested a significant Berkeley Police presence today and no
visitors passes will be issued until further notice. We have been in
contact with the McClymonds administration and have asked that Oakland
staff be present to help identify any of their students. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">BHS
safety staff and administrators have all been briefed and will be
highly visible on and around campus providing increased levels of
supervision. Additional safety staff have been added and district staff
will also be present on campus throughout the day. Students should be
reminded to report any concerning activity or the presence of any BHS
non-students to staff immediately.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">As a
precaution, we are recommending 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. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Just a reminder to all: school discipline can be issued for incidents which occur after school or off campus. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">As always, we encourage students to avoid conflicts, and to steer clear of any fights or physical conflicts that occur <i>around </i>them.
Just being an observer to a conflict you are not involved with presents
both a potential danger to your own safety and quite often creates
unnecessary obstacles for staff who may need to provide help or
assistance to others. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Kristin Glenchur</font></div><font size="2"><span><font color="#888888"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Principal, Berkeley High School</span><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">__________________________________</span></font></p>
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