Katrina evacuees, local kids in Houston melee

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More than two dozen students arrested after series of fights at school

Updated: 6:59 p.m. ET Dec. 7, 2005

HOUSTON - More than two dozen students were arrested Wednesday after a series of fights at a high school between Hurricane Katrina evacuees and local students.

One student suffered a cut under the eye. No other injuries were reported, said Houston Independent School District spokesman Terry Abbott.

Abbott said 15 students involved in the fights — which started between girls in Westbury High’s cafeteria and spread to other areas — were from New Orleans. The other 12 charged were from Houston.

One student was charged with assaulting a police officer. The other 26 faced misdemeanor charges of engaging in a riot.

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