{"id":1121718,"date":"2021-12-15T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121718"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:43:37","slug":"report-school-violence-disciplinary-issues-surge-from-coronavirus-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-school-violence-disciplinary-issues-surge-from-coronavirus-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: School Violence, Disciplinary Issues Surge from Coronavirus Lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-school-violence-disciplinary-issues-surge-from-coronavirus-lockdowns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1231910382-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Schools across the country are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/schools-student-misbehavior-remote-learning-covid-11639061247?mod=hp_lead_pos5\">reporting<\/a> higher levels of violence and other misbehavior as a result of developmental stunting due to draconian pandemic school closures, according to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In just three subsequent days, 23 students were arrested and expelled from Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, as a result of a string of fights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>One of the brawls started \u201cafter two boys exchanged words,\u201d the<em> Journal<\/em> reported, and began a physical altercation. Soon, \u201cdozens of other students joined and they all fell into a heap, kicking and punching, until teachers pulled them apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is uncharacteristic for Southwood High School, as the school with a 99 percent graduation rate is known for its football team, scenic ranch location, and biotechnology program. The school\u2019s principal, Kim Pendleton, says part of the problem is because students have been away from in-person schooling for so long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have eighth-graders that are now 10th-graders or seventh-graders that are now ninth-graders,\u201d she said, \u201cand no time to really acclimate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But the Southwood issues are not isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Calling them \u201cCovid-19 mental-health scars,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Journal<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/covid-pandemic-mental-health-schools-depression-anxiety-11630333260?mod=article_inline\">reported<\/a> in August of other fights breaking out after children were able to socialize again. The chief executive of a Boys &amp; Girls Club in Los Angeles witnessed the pandemic lockdowns \u201cwreak havoc on the mental health\u201d of the children at his club.<\/p>\n<p>Violence was not the only response, however, because while some children \u201cacted out\u201d by cursing and becoming physical, others \u201csat by themselves or in small groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But violence or isolation appear to be sides of a spectrum of abnormal behavior from students finally back in school. General classroom disruptions have tripled in Dallas, Texas, according to the <em>Journal<\/em>, and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the superintendent sent a letter to parents detailing a \u201crise in violence and unacceptable behaviors posted to social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More disturbingly, the National Association of School Resource Officers has reported an increase in gun-related incidents among students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/06\/enrollment-staffing-continue-precipitous-drop-in-virginia-public-schools\/\">reported<\/a>, the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics said school-aged children&nbsp;\u201chave experienced a major disruption in their lives, including disruptions to academic structure, participation in activities, peer interactions, lifestyle, and overall physical and emotional health\u201d because of coronavirus policies. Furthermore,&nbsp;98 percent of pediatricians reported increased anxiety among patients, 95 percent reported an increase in depression, and \u201ceven more concerning\u201d is the 58 percent increase in suicidal ideation among children and adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, as the <i>Journal&nbsp;<\/i>pointed out, from March to October 2020, mental health-related emergency room visits of children 5\u201311 years old increased 24 percent, whereas children 12\u201317 years old saw a 31 percent increase.<\/p>\n<p>National Association of School Psychologists board member Peter Faustino said school districts across the country are recording dramatic increases in mental health complaints and behavioral outbursts, remarking, \u201cI think the pandemic was like an earthquake and I think we are seeing that tidal wave hit shore.\u201d According to him, the first three months of returning to in-person schooling saw the same level of these issues as would have been normal for an entire school year pre-pandemic lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Such an increase has led school districts to reevaluate how to discipline students who take part in such activity. As suspension or sometimes expulsion might have been the normal response for some issues before the pandemic, schools like L. V. Stockard Middle School in Oak Cliff, Texas, are sending students who misbehave to a \u201creset center\u201d to receive counseling.<\/p>\n<p>The school\u2019s \u201creset center\u201d coordinator, Pierre Fleurinor, said, \u201cIn that year off, we lost a lot of social maturity. So, they don\u2019t know how to express their emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf\">issued<\/a> a public health advisory on mental health issues for children, adolescents, and young adults, saying, \u201cIt would be a tragedy if we beat back one public health crisis only to allow another to grow in its place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>&nbsp;<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools across the country are reporting higher levels of violence and other misbehavior as a result of developmental stunting due to draconian pandemic school closures, according to the Wall Street &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}