Caught on Camera: Violent Fist Fight at North Texas School Terrifies Parents

Texas parents are increasingly worried about their children's safety in schools.

Just last week, I covered the topic of Texas students behaving aggressively toward their teachers, a problem that seems to be escalating with no real solution or end in sight. Today, I'm met with a video of a violent fight between two North Texas students that looks like something from a prison documentary.

While the video is blurred to protect the minors, the force with which one student punches the other in the face is very visible. Fights in the schoolyard seem to be much more amped up when compared to what I saw as a kid.

Texas educators believe things like school funding, the lack of teachers, and a student's home life are some of the main factors contributing to the increase of violence in schools, but nobody has been able to pinpoint exactly what to do.

Here's a video published to YouTube this morning by CBS Texas. While the footage is blurred, some viewers may still find it disturbing. Please use caution before clicking below:

A few educators from Texas and beyond reached out to me on the article I wrote last week about violence perpetrated on school staff by students. I thought I'd share a few of their thoughts on the situation below as a follow-up.

Educators share frustration at violence in the classroom:

"Where are the parents? A child’s first teacher is their parents. Start there. They need their lives interrupted by school administrators every time their child interrupts another student’s right to learn!" - Anonymous Washington State Teacher

"I had a colleague who once had an entire fire extinguisher emptied in her face by a student and had to go to the hospital for a couple of days. The student was not expelled, just moved to another class. The teacher still taught for a few years after this, though, because she was a sweet but tough lady who loved her students."  -Anonymous South Texas teacher of 20 years

For a more in-depth look at what teachers are facing in the classroom, come back tomorrow. I'll be covering some truly horrific stories of violent Texas students and what teachers believe could help to improve the situation.

If you'd care to comment, I'd love to hear from you. Please email me at Chrissy.Covington@townsquaremedia.com to have your opinion on the matter anonymously shared in my next article.