[summer]

If this fight took place during class hours, AT the school, expulsion sounds right for the one who threw the first punch . . .

My thought too.

And, Russell, the filthy mouth/attacker, should be thanking his lucky stars the school did not seek to have him arrested and booked on an assault charge, in light of the serious injuries he inflicted on the other student.

[okiedust]

About the time my kids were leaving the school system (their school was 60% minority) the wonderful idea of "zero tolerance" was coming in. The kid who protected himself, got suspended just as the aggressor. I told my kids to protect themselves and that the school would have to deal with me if they gave them a problem. It never came to that but the entire infection of zero tolerance seems to have spread quite widely. Oh, and by the way, the teachers that I knew, were not having any of that stuff, and dealt with things in the proper way. Not a career enhancing move on their parts, but it left me with a great deal of respect for the classroom teachers, and what they have to do to teach.

regards

[Crowcreek]

. . . school did not seek to have him arrested and booked on an assault charge, in light of the serious injuries he inflicted on the other student.

No kidding. My guess is that he had a ring, or bracelet of some sort. Eye cuts are kind of rare in a high school fistfight.