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West Bend School District officials said about 90 students were detained Thursday after a meeting with school officials became unruly.“Several students at our high school were upset about a new hall pass policy that was instituted,” West Bend superintendent Ted Neitzke said.VIDEO: Chaos erupts at West Bend High School meetingNeitzke said about 300 students gathered in the cafeteria for the meeting Thursday morning at the adjoined West Bend East and West Bend West high schools. After administrators told students the meeting was a listening session and that there would not be immediate action, the meeting was dismissed.Neitzke said approximately 200 students left and reported to class, and the remaining 120 students became agitated and began to spill into the hallways.“From one moment, it was just asking the administration questions. The next, there's kids standing on tables, flipping stuff, swearing. It just got out of hand,” West Bend West High School junior Tanner Russo said.Russo said he watched as nearly 100 students took off through the halls of the two schools. Police chief Kenneth Mueler said students ripped items off the walls and turned on sinks, but no weapons or physical altercations occurred.West Bend West High School senior Alyssa Rohleder said some students tried to run from police.“People were pushing through police officers, administration, running from them trying to escape and keep running through the halls. It was just really bad,” she said.The chief said there were no injuries and that no weapons were produced during the riot.“That doesn't diminish the fact that the students that caused this problem caused a huge disruption and used a lot of resources of the schools and the police and the Sheriff's Department today,” Mueler said.Neitzke said it appeared more like a group of students who didn't know what to do once the meeting had ended. He said that as students were looking for what their next action would be, some began to become unruly. He said some quickly left the area while some others joined in the fracas.Mueler said one teen was placed under arrest after she continued to cause a disruption during the questioning process inside the field house. About 90 other students were being questioned by police to determine what their roles might have been.West Bend police said they believe that the school's security cameras captured much of the incident, and they will watch the videos closely as they investigate and try to determine how many more students will be cited or charged in this case.Police and school officials said the students who took part in the chaos were not the same students who had organized the original protest meeting.Send in your breaking news photos and videos to us - ulocal@wisn.com 9737608