MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Another day, another vicious fight in a Shelby County School.
This time it was at Raleigh-Egypt High School.
Parents WREG spoke with said the violence was getting so bad they worried about their kid’s safety.
Local leaders said they were working to keep kids who commit minor offenses at school and out of the court system, but some parents said that was the wrong move.
Beverly Butler’s 17-year-old daughter was caught up in a fight Tuesday morning at Raleigh-Egypt High School.
The girl’s mother was horrified by the video, but even more upset about what she doesn’t see.
“You don’t see a sheriff, a guard or a monitor. You only see students,” Butler explained.
This was just the latest in a serious of violent fights captured on student cell phones.
Butler said these kids shouldn’t be allowed to gather in large groups or in the hallways, and the school isn’t taking the right precautions to prevent these dangerous situations.
“If you are going to have these security guards and sheriffs, what are they there for? To just stand there?” Butler asked.
Schools were promoting programs to punish kids in-house for their crimes.
Butler said a stronger punishment would prevent the cycle of violence and suspensions aren’t enough.
“It’s not serious to them. It doesn’t mean anything. I can promise you in the next week those same students will be fighting again,” she said.
Kimberly Lester’s daughter also got suspended after the fight.
She said school was supposed to be a safe place for kids, but lately she doesn’t see it that way.
“I feel like they are not doing their job right,” she said
No word on how many students were suspended after the fight.
