Meany Middle School’s final graduation ceremony before it faces budget-related closure was disrupted when two girls attacked an off-duty officer working at the school, according to a Seattle Police Department report.

The disturbance broke out when off-duty officers providing security at the school’s event attempted to remove a 16-year-old girl who had been barred from campus. A disturbance broke out and, the Seattle Times reports, the ceremony was delayed for 30 minutes while the arrests were made.

Seattle school officials made the decision to shutter Meany as part of city-wide program cuts. You can read more about the Meany closure in this month’s Madison Park Times.

According to the Seattle PI, Meany had about 3x the average student suspension rate than other Seattle schools — about 24%.

Below is the entire SPD report on the incident:

Officer Assault-suspect arrested

On 06/16/09,  at approximately 5:47 p.m., officers were working off-duty at a Middle School,  in the 300 block of  21^st Ave. E., during the school’s graduation exercise.

These officers observed a female at the school, who had been trespassed. As the  officers began to contact the female suspect, a disturbance broke out with other subjects attempting to interfere with the arrest. Multiple officers responded to assist. A  2^nd suspect,  was subsequently arrested for assaulting one of the officers.

A third female jumped on the back of one of the patrol vehicles as the officer began driving from the scene with an arrestee secured in the back. This female got off the car and fled when ordered off. Officers were not able to detain or identify the individual because of the large crowd continuing to cause a disturbance at the school.

Suspect 1, a 16-year-old female was declined by Youth Service Center.  Officers requested she be charged with Trespass and Disruption of School Activities. She was released into the custody of her parents.

Suspect 2, a 14-year-old female was booked into Youth Service Center for Investigation of Assault.

On-duty officers posted at the school until the conclusion of the event.