This is the moment a student dragged a fellow classmate to the ground and repeatedly banged her head against the floor in a horrific school fight.
The student, who was enrolled at a school in Florida’s St. Johns County School District, carried out the brutal attack in February as a crowd of students looked on, barking and cheering as the fight ensued.
District officials say the school ‘swiftly addressed’ the incident and took action against the attacker in accordance with the code of conduct’s guidelines for level four offenses, which are classified as the ‘most serious’ infractions.
While the school refused to specify the discipline the student received, the Governor’s Office, which addressed the incident after the video of the fight went viral online, said the pupil was ‘removed from the school’.
A department spokesperson told DailyMail.com that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office also issued the student a Juvenile Civil Citation, the state’s diversion initiative.
The fight is the latest in a slew of brutal attacks on school premises that have made national headlines in recent weeks, demonstrating an apparent rise in violence against students and educators alike.
A survey by the National Center for Education Statistics conducted last year revealed that nearly 50 percent of schools in America have seen an increase in fighting and violence.
Officials have not named the students or school involved, but social media users claim the pupils were in middle school. It is unclear what instigated the fight.
A spokesperson with the St. John’s County School District confirmed the fight took place but declined to provide further details, telling DailyMail.com: ‘This was an incident that occurred over a month ago, the school swiftly addressed, and consequences were applied in accordance with the St. Johns County School District’s Code of Conduct as a level 4 offense.’
The district’s code of conduct defines level four acts of misconduct as the ‘most serious’ and includes a variety of infractions, including serious assault and serious battery.
Per the guidance, students who commit these offences will be issued sanctions that ‘include suspension and may include placement in an alternative school and/or expulsion’.
Students who commit level four offenses may also be subject to criminal proceedings and referral to mental health services.
Despite taking place in February, the fight went viral earlier this week after the Libs of TikTok X account shared the video and falsely claimed the school was ‘trying to shove this under the rug’.
Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Governor Ron DeSantis, responded to the incident and slammed the account for publishing ‘another lie about Florida’.
‘This incident happened months ago. The offender was disciplined and subsequently removed from the school,’ he tweeted, adding that DeSantis had previously criticized the account for sharing misinformation in another instance.
The Governor’s Office declined to comment, referring DailyMail.com to the Board of Education, which has not yet responded to our inquiry.
