A “verbal disagreement” led to a “physical altercation” Monday between eighth grade students and a security assistant at Odessa Shannon Middle School in Silver Spring, according to letters sent by the principal to the school community.
“This is not who we are at Odessa Shannon Middle School and we will be reinforcing expected behaviors within our school community as we move forward,” Principal Natasha Booms said in a Tuesday letter. “To be clear, any students or staff who chose not to act appropriately may face consequences.”
Booms sent out a letter Monday to families of eighth graders that said a “situation arose” involving a group of students and a security assistant during eighth grade lunch dismissal, which escalated into a “verbal disagreement and brief physical altercation.”…