The students were fighting around 2:15 p.m. Friday on a street adjacent to Chaparral High School when family members of one of the students arrived on scene and drew a firearm, Clark County School District police said.
Amelia Pak-Harvey
Reporter: Education
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Amelia covers K-12 education for the Review-Journal, where she came after covering education for two years at the Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is a Boston University graduate with degrees in political science and journalism, and her awards include first place in education reporting from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. She’s a proud North Carolina native.
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