A normal lunch period at Cairo High School turned downright scary yesterday when a student pulled out two large kitchen knives and threatened classmates.

The student had allegedly been in an off-campus fight with some classmates over the weekend - and yesterday she was looking to get even.

School officials stepped in to stop the student before she could start swinging.

"Fortunately, we had a large number of faculty members on duty that were right there at the incident when it happened and immediately confiscated the knives from the young lady," said Cairo High Principal David McCurry.

Students say that although they are happy with how quickly school faculty members responded to the situation, more could have been done to prevent it in the first place.

Senior Estrellita Valle told us, "Sometimes they can prevent things from happening...they shoulda...they should put metal detectors or something. I mean, they lock the fence and everything, I mean, they need to do a little more."

School officials say this is an isolated incident and that students and parents should feel safe at Cairo High.

Principal McCurry stressed his desire for students to feel comfortable coming to school.

The student with the knives was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon on campus and inciting to riot.

Two other students were charged with disrupting a public school.

The three students remain suspended indefinitely from Cairo High until school officials rule on disciplinary actions.