Westbury High brawl between Katrina evacuees and local students.

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Dec. 8, 2005, 10:07AM
Westbury High tension explodes into a brawl
27 are arrested in the latest incident between Katrina evacuees and local students

By MÓNICA GUZMÁN
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

A brawl that began in the Westbury High School cafeteria Wednesday and spilled outdoors capped weeks of growing tension between Houston students and Hurricane Katrina evacuees and resulted in the arrest of 27 students.

The fight was one of about a dozen such on-campus clashes that have roiled Houston and surrounding areas since thousands of students from New Orleans began attending local schools in September.

In response, Westbury students can expect more police at the school beginning today, a school district spokesman said.

Houston Independent School District Board President Dianne Johnson said the efforts would not end there and sought to assure parents that student safety is "our No. 1 priority."

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