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Prosecutors weigh charging officials in school ‘fight club’

MONTVILLE, Conn. — Prosecutors are deciding whether school officials should be charged for failing to report a substitute teacher accused of running a “fight club” at a Connecticut high school.

Police say cellphone videos show 23-year-old Ryan Fish encouraging students as the🌳y slap each other in a classroom at Montville High School.

Fish was fired in October, but police were not notified until two month൩s 🎃later.

Superintendent Brian Levesque has said he did not alert police because he knew of only one fight and thoughtᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ it was an isolated incident.

A spokesman for the state’s top prosecutor on Monday that local prosecutors will decide whether to bring charges against any school official.

Fish has denied facilitating 🎃the fights and pleaded not guilty to charges including reckless endangerment.