Parents of fighting students actually enter Philly HS and get physically involved in the fracas, forcing hour-long lockdown

Parents of students involved in fighting at a Philadelphia high school believe it or not traveled to the school this week and got physically involved in the caught-on-video fighting themselves, which resulted in a lockdown and calls to police.

What are the details?

"Stop, stop, stop," one adult hollered in the the hallway at Paul Robeson High School in an attempt to break up a fight between two girls, WTXF-TV reported.

The station said a person who wished to remain anonymous shared cellphone video of the fighting with WTXF and that the station blurred the video.

The clip shows one girl grabbing another girl's hair as they throw punches and slam into lockers, the station said. At one point, an adult appears to try breaking up the fight but then walks away in an apparent attempt to get help, WTXF said, adding that what appears to be two male students try to break things up.

Another video shows at least one person emerging from a brawl with a bloody face as well as a scene in a school office showing a woman trying to restrain a girl as another woman pulls another girl away, the station said.

It's unclear what led to the Monday fights, WTXF said, adding that police said students were suspended.

Officials with the School District of Philadelphia added to the station that several family members of the students came to the school and also became physically involved in the fighting, which forced the school to call police and the Office of School Safety.

Officials also told WTXF that students were moved into classrooms and a lockdown lasted for about an hour.

How are folks reacting?

As you might guess, commenters underneath a PhillyVoice story about the violent incident turned up the sarcasm knob just a tad:

• "But now they are going to miss class and not be educated!" one commenter joked.
• "Well, they're always asking for parental involvement," another commenter quipped.
• "They say more kids should use [their] fists instead of guns," another commenter observed, tongue firmly in cheek.

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