Students fight, parents brawl at Poughkeepsie High School

Poughkeepsie High School had to be placed in lockdown after a fight broke out among students and another brawl erupted when their parents arrived.

Police said at least 10 officers were sent to the school just before noon Tuesday after a fight broke out among students.

Police said the students’ parents later arrived and got into a fight as well.

School district officials said an external threat required administrators to put the high school under a shelter-in-place warning until the threat was contained.

Police Sgt. George Camacho said he didn’t have details of the two fights or information on whether charges were filed.