Colin Flaherty: Riot - Torched Hair- Carjack - Learning A Lot In Public School Since House Bill 70

Riot - Torched Hair- Carjack - Learning A Lot In Public School Since House Bill 70

Colin Flaherty (Author of Don't Make the Black Kids Angry) Commentary Video "Student arrested after fight breaks out at Hartford Public High School" "Over 20 fights reported at Lorain High 16 days into the school year" "Teacher's hair torched, student charged with aggravated assault at Tennessee" "Teacher carjacked at gunpoint by 13-year-olds who don't know how to drive" Black Teen Violence Crime Assaults Hostility

Kaitlyn Naples Oct 2, 2018
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) -- A student was arrested after a fight broke out at Hartford Public High School on Tuesday afternoon.

Some students told Channel 3 they started punching and stomping a security guard who reportedly had a student involved in the fight in a choke-hold.

Posted: Tara Molina
Posted: 5:22 PM, Sep 13, 2018
Updated: 6:27 PM, Sep 13, 2018
LORAIN, Ohio - There have been than 20 fights in Lorain High School not even a month into the school year, according to School Board President Tony Dimacchia.

According to Garvey's statement, students involved in recent fights have faced suspensions, even with a new discipline policy in place focused on restoration first.

Per the policy, before facing suspension, a student involved in a conflict will participate in a restorative process where they will complete an assignment, meet with a guidance counselor, meet with a social worker and attend a conference with a director. Then, the student behind the conflict will take part in a "restorative circle" with those impacted.

Per state House Bill 70, District CEO David Hardy is in control - the bill stripped the board of most power, after years of poor state report card performance.

The Lorain Board of Education is currently actively speaking out about these issues and isn't happy with how they are being handled.
USA TODAY NETWORK Cassandra Stephenson, Jackson Sun Published 10:59 p.m. ET Oct. 2, 2018
A teacher at Haywood High School was monitoring the back of a classroom after a stink bomb was set off in class Friday morning when a student used a lighter to set her hair on fire, according to a Brownsville Police Department report

The teacher reported that some students in the back of the classroom "got in her face" and asked her why you she was checking out the black kids," according to the police report.

As the teacher walked away, a teacher assistant alerted her that her hair was on fire and the teacher patted her hair to extinguish the flames, according to the report. Assistant Principal Alex Aikens and Officer Anthony Jones investigated the back row of the classroom where the incident took place and located a black cigarette lighter.

Jones took three students to the office for interviews while Aikens and another assistant principal, Steven Hoofkin, spoke with the rest of the class, the report states. One student was charged with aggravated assault after two students in the classroom helped identify the the assailant, according to the report.