WASHINGTON — After a stabbing outside a high school football game and recent fights, new security measures are officially in effect, including mandatory adult supervision.

The biggest immediate change, minors will no longer be allowed to attend games without an accompanying adult. The policy applies to all games played on DC Public Schools (DCPS) and public charter school campuses and will remain in effect for the entire 2025 football season.

The decision follows a violent altercation that unfolded outside a game between Archbishop Carroll and Friendship Collegiate High schools last Saturday. Sirens could be heard blaring in the background of the stream of the game, as first responders rushed to the scene.

"We had a stabbing, and that's the kind of thing that we do not want to happen

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