Twenty-six students were arrested after a melee broke out Wednesday afternoon at North Charleston High, a struggling school facing intense scrutiny and pressure to improve this year.
ity police officers and Charleston County sheriff’s deputies rushed to the school’s temporary home — a former middle school on Leeds Avenue — and found students from rival neighborhoods fighting in the cafeteria about 1:30 p.m., said Spencer Pryor, public information officer for North Charleston police.
They broke up multiple fights, and one student was taken to a hospital after complaining about stomach pains.
Officers charged 13 juveniles and 13 adult-age students with disturbing school, but North Charleston police would not release the names of the adults who were arrested.
Yuck–this one was blaring out at me on the front page of the morning local paper. Read it all.
Very Sad. Brentwood Middle School has a past history of being a rough place for Students and teachers…not the best place to place the N. Chas. High School while it is being improved….but the other thing is addressing gang violence. Until the community finds a constructive way to address the gang problem in the community and the schools the problem will continue…
This is a multi layer problem and needs to be addressed as such.
North Charleston is one of the most dangerous places to live in country. The Charleston area was ranked #8 for violent crime per 100,000. If one isolates North Charleston, where most of the crime occurs, it is even worse.
You can take the kids out of the ‘hood, but can you take the ‘hood out of the kids?
Why am I actually happy to see a good, old-fashioned fistfight at a school these days?
Same type of thing happened back in February near where I live.
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/254142-huge-fights-disrupt-gilroy-high-school