Glastonbury Board of Schooling assembly about mascot ends with a battle | Connecticut News

GLASTONBURY, CT (WFSB) – A combat broke out at a Board of Schooling conference in Glastonbury above changing the school’s mascot. 

The altercation was caught on movie Tuesday evening.

In accordance to video clip, the battle broke out among board of education member Ray McFall and a Glastonbury resident. 

The two people concerned stood virtually nose-to-nose for an argument. It took place in the course of a recess. Seconds later, McFall could be found pushing the guy who then punched McFall in the facial area with so a lot drive that McFall fell to the ground.

In the chaotic seconds that followed, men and women separated the two.

The board pulled the plug on the meeting at that position.

Several concur the two men included were being like small children alternatively than grown ups, introducing that this is not behavior they want Glastonbury students to see.

“Is it really in the ideal fascination for the little ones to be heading tit for tat like that?” Glastonbury resident Olivia Jenkins questioned.

“I consider individuals are getting extra bolder now, just with all the things going on, everyone’s in everybody’s confront today. It’s crazy,” Steven Piersa of Glastonbury stated.

Individuals Eyewitness News spoke with say they attribute to the flare in tempers to present day stress-stuffed climate.

“With anything that is going on and everybody’s directing how to are living their life, what you must be doing, ‘Oh, that is not acceptable’, you know, everyone’s finding pushed up in a corner and, finally, men and women are likely to lash out,” Piersa pointed out.

“People are in excess of it. People today are above the pandemic. Folks are about politics. I think also, there’s just a ton likely on, that it can be mad,” Jenkins added.

The meeting was held to examine reverting the school’s mascot back again to the tomahawk. Last year, the district acquired rid of its tomahawk logo and replaced it with a “guardians” mascot.

The purpose for the assembly was that a petition argued that the general public failed to get sufficient input in the selection-producing method due to the fact in-individual conferences did not come about in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was no choice on Tuesday evening thanks to the meeting’s abrupt conclusion.

Wednesday early morning, the focus of the people today in Glastonbury appeared to be on the punch, not the brand.

Superintendent Alan Bookman sent a statement to the faculty neighborhood.

[Tuesday] night the Board of Training held a Public Listening to on a petition to restore the Glastonbury Large Faculty Tomahawk mascot. Following the community hearing closed, the Board identified as for a 10-minute recess. An incident happened throughout the recess which resulted in the Board adjourning the assembly without having voting on the matter.

The Board of Instruction welcomes community remark and appreciates that there will usually be passionate testimony when controversial concerns are considered. But it is significant that we hear to each other with respect and observe meeting regulations so that all people can be listened to.

Potential conferences will be posted on our Board of Schooling Meetings webpage, as often. We welcome your continued participation.

 No expenses have been submitted but.

Glastonbury law enforcement have only referred to as it a disturbance at the superior college. They explained they are presently investigating what occurred.

Individuals concerned are choosing not to publicly remark on the scuffle.

Continue to be with Channel 3 as we understand extra about this incident. 

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