Another YouTube video making the rounds shows a furious fistfight between two Florida middle schoolers ? taken, of course, by a fellow student with cellphone.
Though both students were suspended, thanks to the video it became clear that one of the students was a victim; the other, a perp.? And,?apparently,?the classroom teacher did not intervene (pressing a button, instead, to summon help).?? Perhaps, though, the question to ask is?what was happening in the classroom before the fight began?? Are there?other fights in the school?? Referrals?? Suspensions?
?I send my kid to school to get educated, not get killed,? says the father of the victim.
So, what exactly is the school's responsibility here?
?Peter Meyer, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
