Saturday, March 21, 2009

Texas Cage Matches for Troubled Kids

This from the MSNBC:

Texas high school held cage fights, records say

Staff allegedly staged 'gladiator-style'
brawls for troubled students

DALLAS - The Dallas school system was rocked by allegations Thursday that staff members at an inner-city high school made students settle their differences by fighting bare-knuckle brawls inside a steel cage.

The principal and other employees at South Oak Cliff High knew about the cage fights and allowed the practice to continue, according to a 2008 report by school system investigators.

"More than anything, I'm in shock and disbelief — shocked that this could ever occur and shocked that it would be condoned by a professional administrator," said Jerome Garza, a member of the Dallas school board...

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