Letter sent to Prairie Point parents regarding injured student

Police and school officials are investigating a fight in a school bathroom Wednesday that sent a Prairie Point eighth grader to the hospital overnight for surgery.

Peyten Sexton, 13, was sitting in a hospital bed Thursday with a broken jaw and fractured cheek bone, on morphine and drinking from a straw. His jaw is wired shut for the next four weeks, and he'll have to see an orthodontist about what is now a pronounced overbite, his mother, Tonja Sexton, said.

Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Joe Clark said officers are still investigating and assault charges are possible. Steve Doser, spokesman for College Community School District, said the school is investigating as well. The names of the other students involved have not been released.

Watch: Prairie Point 8th grader gives his side

Here is the letter that Prairie Point principal Greg Leytem sent to parents

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