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NextImg:Brawl at Florida high school leads to the arrest of 11 students

After a brawl erupted at Matanzas High School in Flagler County, Florida, school resource officers arrested 11 students, three on felony charges.

A pair of school resource officers, deputies with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, arrived at a hallway between two buildings at the school to break up the brawl at 1 p.m. Monday, the sheriff’s office said in a news release with a link to footage of the fight.

The sheriff’s office also posted the footage on social media of the officers trying to break up the brawl.

A 14-year-old girl is accused of pushing one of the responding deputies in an attempt to reach and attack another student, the sheriff’s office said. The girl has been charged with disorderly conduct, disruption of a school function, and felony resistance of a law enforcement officer with violence.

A 17-year-old boy is alleged to have struck a school staff member in the shoulder, the sheriff’s office said. The boy has been charged with felony battery of a school official.

A second 17-year-old boy is accused of running up to an administrator and beating them as they were trying to escort another student away from the scrum, the sheriff’s office said. The boy has been charged with disorderly conduct and felony battery of a school official.

The other eight students arrested have had affidavits filed with the State Attorney’s Office recommending that they be charged for misdemeanor offenses, including breach of peace and disturbance of a school function, the sheriff’s office said.

After the end of the chaos, Matanzas High School staff notified parents about the brawl.

“The lack of respect demonstrated by these students is simply shameful. Parents, be the sheriff in your home and teach your kids the importance of respecting teachers, staff, and deputies. … We have a zero-tolerance policy for violence at schools, and you will be arrested,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement.

Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore said in her own statement, “I agree with what our sheriff has said in the past; this type of behavior is not to be tolerated by anyone. That said, these actions are not indicative of the thousands of students who come to our campuses each and every day to learn.”

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.