WESTFIELD – A food fight at Westfield High School yesterday was apparently a pre-planned senior class prank.
One student who was in the cafeteria at the time said she saw a piece of bologna fly across the cafeteria and suddenly all the seniors and some juniors stood up and started throwing food.
“It only lasted about a few minutes and nobody really threw anything back at them,” she said. “Most people ran for cover.”
The student said she quickly left the cafeteria and an announcement directed all students to go to their F Period class.
The student saw the school resource office and another officer enter the cafeteria.
“The teachers didn’t really say much about it but Mr. Carter came on the intercom and said they knew the first few people who threw the food and there would be consequences,” she said.
Later that afternoon the seniors staged a walk-out and the students saw them standing around the parking lot when police arrived.
“When the officers showed up everyone dispersed,” she said.
The witness observed several students go to the nurse’s office following the incident, but she did not know if there were any serious injuries.
Another student witnessed the incident from a distance and said it was chaotic for a few minutes.
“I heard there was a staged fight outside to draw the teachers out of the cafeteria,” he said. “I saw some kids flip over a table and food was flying.”
Westfield Police offered no information on the food fight or walk-out last night.
