Mass brawl breaks out between students at Baltimore high school and principal is hit

This is the shocking moment when a massive brawl broke out between students in the hallway of a Baltimore high school, with the principal being struck as she tried to break it up.

A group of students attending Lansdowne High School was filmed engaging in a violent fight that saw some land punches on each other’s heads and others curl up on the ground.

In the clip, the headmaster is knocked over by a student before a blow is thrown in her direction and she props her head up.

Cell phone footage of the fight comes amid heightened concerns about violence in Baltimore’s public school system and calls from parents and leaders for a crackdown.

Alleged headmistress Seymour just before bending over to protect the back of her head from attack

Lansdowne High School principal Allison Seymour, who is reportedly the woman in the blue shirt in the video

Darren Badillo is a member of the Baltimore County Parent and Student Coalition, for which violence in schools has become a major problem.

He told Fox45: ‘How can our children learn when they are in this ‘fight or flight’ mode. We wonder why their grades and skill levels are so low, because how can these children learn when they are surrounded by violence?’

Darren Badillo is a member of the Baltimore County Parent and Student Coalition

“They don’t want to suspend children who are black or Hispanic. They said it was a road to jail,” Badillo said of the schools’ failure to hold students accountable for violent behavior.

“But if we don’t hold these kids accountable in class, we’ll see them in court.”

The video shows students breaking into groups as they grab each other’s clothes and knock each other against walls and lockers.

One student lay face down on the hallway floor with his arms shaved over his head, while another, alternating left and right fists, landed numerous consecutive punches on either side of his head.

In several places, staff members tried to end the fighting, but the students involved in the brawl were unfazed by their presence.

Most notable is the moment when a figure in a blue shirt, allegedly the school’s principal, Allison Seymour, comes in to assess the situation when a student involved in the brawl falls back into her, causing her to collapse. .

She can then be seen leaning forward with her hands protecting the back of her head before another student waves aggressively at her head or another student.

One student lay on the hallway floor while another landed numerous consecutive punches on either side of his head with alternating left and right fists

In the video, a group of three students grab each other’s clothes and hit walls and lockers

Lansdowne High School in southwest Baltimore is part of Baltimore County Public Schools and has over a thousand students

There have been previous instances of violence in Lansdowne. In February, a school resource employee was injured during the arrest of a student CBS Baltimore.

This latest video was posted online and shared with parents, many of whom have organized themselves into a 4,800-strong Facebook group for the Baltimore County Parent and Student Coalition.

The fight comes just weeks after several videos went viral last Thursday in which a girl attending nearby Perry High School used a bat to fend off students who attacked her outside the school.

One person was taken to hospital after the fight, WMAR2 reports.

A virtual town hall is scheduled for Oct. 13, where Baltimore County’s public schools will discuss the recent surge in violence.