The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board voted 7-2 on Oct. 21 to uphold the expulsion of a Port Allen High School ninth grader. District staff said the student admitted throwing punches in a group fight in the school’s parking lot after a September football game.
His mother appealed the expulsion, which runs through the end of the 2026-27 school year. She asked the board to overturn it or shorten it. The board kept it as issued. Board members Sonceria Moore Evans and Chareeka Grace voted no.
WBR Independent is not naming the student or his family because he is a minor.
What happened
The trouble started at the end of the Sept. 4 Sugar Cane Classic at Brusly High School, according to district staff. Two groups of people connected to Port Allen got into a shouting match. Port Allen High Principal JaKouri Williams said he and the sheriff’s office separated the groups and sent them on their way…