Cellphone video shows violent school fights

Broward County school officials are reviewing two student fights after cellphone video surfaced from Dillard 6-12 and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (wsvn.com) The Dillard 6-12 video shows two middle school students fighting in a hallway, with one student kicking the other in the face while the student is on the ground against a wall. Broward County Public Schools said the fight happened at dismissal and was not reported to staff at the time. (wsvn.com) The district said it learned about the Dillard fight on Monday, opened an investigation immediately and quickly identified the two students involved. Broward County Public Schools said the student responsible is receiving school disciplinary consequences. (wsvn.com) The second fight happened Monday morning at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where video shows five students brawling before school security staff pulled them apart. Rescue crews took two students to a local hospital to be checked out. (wsvn.com) Broward County Public Schools said it is working with law enforcement on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas case and that the students involved will face discipline under the district code of student conduct. The district’s conduct code covers violent incidents reported through Florida’s School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting system. (wsvn.com) (browardschools.com) The Broward Sheriff’s Office told WSVN that deputies issued civil citations to two students and arrested another student in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas fight. That student was charged with aggravated battery. (wsvn.com) The videos circulated among students and parents as the district dealt with two separate incidents on the same day. Both cases remain under review by school officials. (wsvn.com)