Montgomery County Public Schools announced a slate of restrictions at athletic events, including restricting admission and banning backpacks.
Among other safety measures announced: The school system will also require school-age spectators who want to attend a game but are not students of one of the competing schools to be accompanied by an adult for admission. Moving forward, varsity football games will also limit admission to 75 percent of stadium capacity and games could be shifted to daytime
hours. People who act inappropriately “may be excluded from postseason competitions or suspended from multiple contests,” according to the letter.“This incident must serve as a teachable moment for our entire community,” McKnight and Jones wrote.impose more restrictions, including closing concession stands at games or limiting game
attendance to only family members of student-athletes and participants. In the most extreme circumstances, no spectators could be allowed.Montgomery County — Maryland’s most-populous jurisdiction — saw other fights during and after athletic events last school year. Last fall, a brawl erupted at a game between Northwest and Gaithersburg high schools, which led to
with assault. During another football game last year between Wootton and Whitman high schools, a group of students — neither from the two schools
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