JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Mandarin High School father says he\u2019s concerned after he was shown videos of what appears to be students gathering inside the school\u2019s bathroom to watch a pre-planned fight.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve slightly blurred the videos to keep the teenagers\u2019 identities concealed.<\/p>\n
The video shows two students fighting in a bathroom, surrounded by at least a dozen other students.<\/p>\n
Just five or six seconds into the fight, a third student jumps in. A few seconds after that, two more jump in.<\/p>\n
By the end of the video, it\u2019s hard to tell which students were the ones originally fighting.<\/p>\n
The video ends with the fight being pushed out of the bathroom onto an outside hallway.<\/p>\n
The parent who sent us the videos says he wants to stay anonymous to protect his son\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy fear is that somebody who\u2019s innocent does get very hurt,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat if there were three 90-pound girls walking down the hallway?\u201d<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n In another video taken of the same fight, you can hear the person recording begin counting as soon as the fight begins.<\/p>\n \u201cCertainly looked premeditated,\u201d he said. \u201cThis appears to be happening unbeknownst to any of the teachers or administration.\u201d<\/p>\n He says he emailed the videos to the principal and the school district on Wednesday, but hasn\u2019t heard back.<\/p>\n \u201cMy wife and I get three texts a week from the school talking about everything that\u2019s happening, but they do not talk about the violence of the school,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the elephant in the room that they do not want to let you know.\u201d<\/p>\n He also says that his son hasn\u2019t said anything to school officials out of fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n \u201cHis words were, \u2018I could get jumped,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just completely unacceptable. It is only a matter of time before someone gets severely hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n We reached out to Duval County Public Schools, who sent us the following:<\/p>\n \u201cThank you for bringing this to our attention. In accordance with our policies to protect student privacy, we are unable to confirm whether the individuals depicted in this video are students enrolled in a DCPS school.<\/p>\n Regardless of where they occur, the behaviors shown in these types of videos are dangerous, reckless, and inconsistent with the standards we expect of our students. If this conduct takes place on school property, students may be subject to disciplinary consequences in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n School safety remains one of our highest priorities. We are committed to fostering a safe and supportive learning environment through a combination of prevention, intervention, and appropriate disciplinary measures. By working in partnership with families, we will continue to reinforce expectations for safe, respectful, and responsible behavior among all students.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A Mandarin High School father says he\u2019s concerned after he was shown videos of what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,7840,55102,88568,1040,1458,969,116,118,117,634,23024,162813,7842],"class_list":["post-410358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_news","tag-ben_becker","tag-casey","tag-casey_stone","tag-dcps","tag-high","tag-jack","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-local","tag-mandarin","tag-mandarin_high","tag-tanika_hughes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}