The board’s decision comes days after some people threw tortillas into the air as an altercation ensued at the end of a division championship game on Saturday between Coronado High and Orange Glen High, a predominantly Latino school in nearby Escondido.
The Coronado Police Department said officers were called Saturday to assist school staff in clearing the gym of game spectators.
Lizardo Reynoso, assistant basketball head coach at Orange Glen, told CNN the altercation began when one of the opposing team coaches approached their bench shouting expletives at his team.
During the special board meeting on Tuesday, members of the Coronado school district condemned the incident.