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Fight Between Girls At Local School Posted to MySpace

 Erich Spivey     Created: 3/23/2009 10:50:14 PM    Updated: 3/24/2009 8:48:46 AM
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The fight goes on for almost two minutes, two female students throwing punch after punch, kicking each other and pulling hair.

Someone posted the video to MySpace and e-mailed it to the entire School Board. The fight happened at A. Philip Randolph Academies.

"There was no school staff there during that long period of time and I guess the most disappointing part was all this mob that gathered around, laughing about these bad manners and poor judgement," school board member Stan Jordan told First Coast News' Erich Spivey.

The school district said a security officer would cost approximately $47,000 a year. But school board member Stan Jordan thinks the problem is much bigger than a budget can handle.

"This is not necessarily a security issue as it is mom and dad need to be mom and dad. And they need to help us with these childrens' behavior. This doesn't start at school, this starts in the community and at home," Jordan says.

The principal asked for more security, but a district spokesperson says none will be added in the near future.

Jordan says the two kids were suspended for three days.

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