Hazing becoming a big issue at local high schools

First it was Taft High School and now Calabasas High. The Los Angeles Times reports Calabasas High School administrators barred eight baseball players from practicing last week as they investigated an alleged hazing incident, according to Dan Stepenosky, assistant superintendant of the Las Virgenes Unified School District.

On Monday, eight players were given five-game suspensions for their participation in the incident.

Stepenosky said the school followed proper procedures in informing police and child protective services authorities.

The incident comes after the Los Angeles Unified School District reassigned six employees from Taft last week over an alleged hazing incident involving students from the boys’ volleyball team. At a meeting a few weeks ago, The Times reports 450 spring-sport athletes and coaches at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, the school’s athletic director, Rick Prizant, said the alleged Taft incident was a reminder to students and administrators that they must immediately notify law enforcement officials if they suspect hazing.

Lets hope nothing like this happens in the area and athletes think about the consequences.

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