Largest Marxachusetts High School Calls in National Guard to Keep Students Under Control

Massachusetts school requests National Guard to be brought in to crackdown on students running amok: 'They're cutting class, having sex and doing drugs'

• Violence and security concerns have been raised at Brockton High School, with 11 students arrested and charged just last week after a brawl in the school
• Committee members Joyce Asack, Tony Rodrigues, Claudio Gomes and Ana Oliver requested immediate assistance last week 'to prevent a potential tragedy'
• In a letter from last week, the four have asked for the assistance of the National Guard to 'assist in restoring order' at the school

Committee members at a Massachusetts school have requested that the National Guard be brought in to deal with unruly students 'causing chaos'.

Violence and security concerns have been raised at Brockton High School, with 11 students arrested and criminally charged just last week after a brawl in the school.

Committee members Joyce Asack, Tony Rodrigues, Claudio Gomes and Ana Oliver requested immediate assistance last week 'to prevent a potential tragedy'.

Their letter said: 'Over the past few months, our high school has experienced a disturbing increase in incidents related to violence, security concerns, and substance abuse.

‘The situation has reached a critical point, more recently we had an alarming 35 teachers absent, underscoring the severity of the challenges we are facing.’

Committee members Joyce Asack, Tony Rodrigues, Claudio Gomes and Ana Oliver, seen here, requested immediate assistance last week 'to prevent a potential tragedy'

Violence and security concerns have been raised at Brockton High School, with 11 students arrested and criminally charged just last week

The letter added: 'We are formally requesting that you reach out to Governor Healey and request the deployment of the National Guard to assist in restoring order, ensuring the safety of all individuals on the school premises, and implementing measures to address the root causes of the issues we are facing.'

Cellphone footage obtained by NBC Boston shows students fighting in a stairwell at the school. 

Other video seen by Boston 25 shows two individuals brawling inside what appears to be a classroom. 

The two students throw each other around the round, exchanging kicks and punches with each other as a crowd gathers to watch the violence unfold. 

Several individuals can be seen throwing punches and attacking each other during the melee. 

Earlier this month, teachers voiced their concerns during an emergency committee meeting and shared their experiences.

The Enterprise reported that teacher Eleri Merrikin told the meeting that: ‘They’re having sex and doing drugs and cutting class in empty classrooms.’

While Julie Fairfield added: ‘I don’t even like to leave my classroom anymore, I usually wait until after school to go to the bathroom.’

While secretary Cheri Mazzoli recounted being trampled by a mob of students racing down a hallway to watch a fight that had broken out.

Mazzoli said: 'We are in chaos, we need help. The crowd came down the hall so quickly that I got swept up, not by the students fighting, but by the students that were rushing to watch and video the fight.'

Other video seen by Boston 25 shows two individuals brawling inside what appears to be a classroom

The two students throw each other around the round, exchanging kicks and punches with each other as a crowd gathers to watch the violence unfold

The school is the largest high school in the state with an enrollment of around 4,300 students. 

The racial makeup is: African American (61.3%), Hispanic (18.2%)

In May of last year, two students were stabbed during a brawl that broke out just outside the school. 

The altercation saw five people rushed to hospital, with another victim then being stabbed inside the hospital.  

Five people were arrested in connection with the high school and hospital stabbings. 

During a press conference on Monday, committee member Rodrigues said: 'We need to take our schools back in control and make sure our students have a safe learning environment cause what's going at in the high school is disheartening and kids are losing precious learning time and kids are causing chaos.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13104133/Massachusetts-school-requests-National-Guard-crackdown.html

Joe Araujo, 22, (pictured) was killed in Brockton after a masked man pulled a gun from his jacket and shot him at point-blank range

Araujo, third from left, pictured with his siblings 

A Brockton police officer was dragged 30 feet down the road before losing his grip and being thrown into oncoming traffic. 

The perp Derek Lobo, 31, was arrested around 24 hours later, the officer who was dragged personally slapped the cuffs on the perp