Chicopee changing school policy to attend sporting events - Spectrum News 1

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CHICOPEE, Mass. - Fans who attend Chicopee Public School sporting events will be following new information procedures.


What You Need To Know

  • Two men were charged with battle and artillery astatine past year's Chicopee Thanksgiving shot game

  • Electronic ticketing volition present beryllium required to be boys and girls hoops games

  • Children successful 8th people and younger volition present request to beryllium accompanied by an big to be sporting events

  • Students who are suspended volition nary longer beryllium allowed to be extracurricular events

They’re successful spot aft a combat astatine the Thanksgiving shot crippled wherever 2 men were charged with battle and battery.

Chicopee Mayor John Vieau said schools volition enactment to place who’s successful the assemblage and however large it volition beryllium up of clip astatine boys' and girls' hoops games.

"Right present they're trying tickets, you got to pre-purchase tickets to spell to hoops games," helium said. "We're seeing if that’s going to work, it's been effective. Especially high-volume games. We privation to marque definite radical are safe..."

Vieau said different information policies see immoderate instrumentality successful the eighth people and younger volition request to beryllium accompanied by an adult.

He besides said students who're suspended from schoolhouse volition not beryllium allowed to be immoderate extracurricular events.

"That's archetypal and foremost," helium said. "There's going to beryllium an summation successful beingness of tract directors, enactment staff, and constabulary officers erstwhile determination needs to be. So for example, a rivalry crippled oregon thing that’s going to bring successful ample crowds. You're going to spot much presence..."​

Mayor Vieau said the metropolis is besides beryllium considering adding metallic detectors astatine precocious schoolhouse events arsenic good arsenic a no-bag argumentation depending connected however their caller procedures play out. 

People looking to bargain tickets for the boys' and girls' hoops games oregon larn much tin bash truthful connected the Chicopee Public Schools website.

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