Substitute Teacher Stands By While Two Junior High Students Fight Inside The Gym!

The 52 seconds of shaky cell phone video shows two students taking punches at each other, with a crowd of their peers egging them on.School fights happen all the time, but what makes this one different is the adult who can be seen just standing by."It's really concerning to us when you see the video," said Arlington Police Lt. Christopher Cook. "Pretty egregious. Hard to watch as a parent."As a result of the video, Arlington police have launched investigation.The fight happened a few weeks ago at Nichols Junior High in Arlington, but the video was posted to YouTube on Thursday with the title, "Junior High Coaches Host Fight Cl Arlington ISD says that caption is incorrect."This was not a fight club, and the adult in the video was a substitute," said Leslie Johnston, an Arlington ISD spokesperson. Johnston said this was an isolated incident and said school officials moved swiftly to take action, even before the video was posted. All involved face disciplinary action, including the teacher.Johnston declined to elaborate on the punishment, saying the school district doesn't discuss personnel matters. However, a source tells News 8 the substitute has been terminated."We certainly do not condone fighting, and it's not a district or campus policy to allow fighting," Johnston said. Still, Arlington police intend to question the teacher, and he could face misdemeanor charges for failing to intervene as a caretaker. "When you see something like that, as adults, we need to be able to at least yell out, 'Hey, stop!' and summon assistance," Lt. Cook said.