Yes, it happens but not constant. My DS just showed me a video of two 6th graders "fighting" in the bathroom at school. They were taking swings at each other and pushing.

When my HS DS was in MS, he had a friend who was constantly getting in little scraps - sometimes in the cafeteria, sometimes in the hall.

MS boys can be idiots and they typically grow out of it by HS. Typically.

I don't think it's that frequent, but yeah not uncommon at DD's MS. My understanding though is that it's mostly pushing and shoving, and boys (mostly) being idiots.

Like a couple of boys that were friends who got bored, deciding "Let's fight" as a way to alleviate that boredom. Ended up with a broken nose, and a trip to the ER for one of them. In a separate case where a kid broke another's nose (I think that was the one where the boy was swinging his backpack), the mom of the boy who broke the nose had his head shaved as punishment.

In all cases, the involved parties got suspended, but only for a day.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s because they don’t suspend kids any more. This used to be an automatic suspension.

I’m gettting jeered at in another thread for defending my DS’s school’s high suspension rate. Fights there happen but it’s rare and they are broken up immediately and kids suspended. They do not f around. As a result the school is relatively very calm.

PP here. Our newish middle school principal brags that he lowered the suspension rate by a lot. It’s because he simply doesn’t suspend people, not because behavior has improved.

Anonymous wrote:It’s because they don’t suspend kids any more. This used to be an automatic suspension.

I’m gettting jeered at in another thread for defending my DS’s school’s high suspension rate. Fights there happen but it’s rare and they are broken up immediately and kids suspended. They do not f around. As a result the school is relatively very calm.

It’s because they don’t suspend kids any more. This used to be an automatic suspension.

Attacks in FCPS HSs regularly - even the “great” ones. The kids with issues have parents with issues.

Anonymous wrote:No. Minor fights occasionally (maybe one a year) but the kids get suspended immediately. K-8 private (coed).

Lol

I teach middle school. We average 2 fights a day. The students plan the fights through text or social media, then all of the students are in the hallway filming the fight. The crowd makes it hard for the adults to get in and break it up.

Search instagram for your school’s name - there are probably accounts created just to post the fight videos.

No. Minor fights occasionally (maybe one a year) but the kids get suspended immediately. K-8 private (coed).

My 8th grade DS says that it happens but that its mostly just a little pushing and shoving. Maybe a headlock/tackle to the ground.

But no blood. No punches thrown.

My kid goes to Julius West and it’s daily.

My son went to an all boys private middle school and there were fights weekly.

My kids go to a title 1 school- and yes it is extremely common.

This is common in our MS. At least once a week. It does not affect my kid or her friend group at all. I can imagine it would be stressful if your kid's group is mixed up in this.

I do think it gets better in HS.

Is this a common-ish thing at your middle school? DD comes home maybe once a month and says there was a fight. Does this continue into high school?