Rise In School Fights Another Pandemic Casualty

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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – On Monday, Clive Barnes got a frantic telephone from his wife. She told him spell to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital immediately.  It is wherever his 16-year-old lad ended up aft a unsmooth time astatine school.

Barnes showed CBS4 a disturbing video of his lad being attacked astatine Whiddon Rogers Education Center.

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In the video, you spot his lad jumped from down and tackled to the ground. He is beaten repeatedly.

“I saw the video and could not clasp backmost my tears,” said Barnes.”He ne'er complained astir anyone bothering him.  The kid came up and dropped him connected his head.”

The combat isn’t isolated. CBS4 obtained video of predominant fights astatine New River Middle schoolhouse successful Fort Lauderdale and a scuffle astatine a mediate schoolhouse successful Miami Gardens.

“Fights person ever been determination but it’s much of a occupation during the pandemic,” said Broward School Board Chair Dr. Rosalind Osgood.

Dr. Osgood said truthful galore students are dealing with death, the aftershocks of lockdowns and isolation during the past 19 months that it’s led to rage and aggression.

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She is an advocator of much resources for intelligence wellness services.

Already the territory has allocated wealth for counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists to enactment with children experiencing the effects of the pandemic.

She says parents request to bash a amended occupation listening to students who are struggling with truthful galore emotions navigating beingness during the property of COVID.

Broward parents who privation to larn much astir the representation of warring and bullying tin look connected the Broward County Public Schools website. Under the territory codification of conduct, determination is simply a breakdown of the full fig of convulsive incidents and an idiosyncratic log for each schoolhouse successful the district.

As for Barnes, helium wants the pupil who attacked his lad to beryllium held accountable.

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“I request the authorities involved. If they had a quarrel, it should ne'er person gotten to that point,” helium said.

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