Fighting and high school suspension.
Setting: Small town Washington State, USA in present time.
Google terms searched: "fighting high school suspension" and different variations on that same theme.
I've found various high school handbooks online that lay out the rules for fighting and the punishments students will get for partaking. What I'm trying to learn is more of the behind-the-scenes information of how the situation would be handled.
I'm writing a scene where two sixteen-year-old guys are having a verbal disagreement between classes in the hallway. Boy 1 starts to walk away. Boy 2 pushes him into the lockers while his back is turned. Boy 1 picks himself up, lunges at Boy 2, and gets maybe two weak punches in. Boy 2 then proceeds to punch Boy 1 several times in the face and stomach, bruising him.
I'm trying to figure out what would happen next. If none of the students do anything except watch, would it then be up to teachers to break up the fight? If, so what would happen immediately after that? Would the boys be taken to the principal's office? The school nurse? The guidance counselor? Elsewhere? Would they be interviewed about what happened? By whom? Would they be in that meeting together or separately? Would other students be questioned as well? If neither of the boys in the fight have been in trouble at school the past, would their punishments be equal for this? Would their parents be called? Would they have to stay at school until their parents are available or would they be sent home? (They are both licensed drivers.) Would being sent home early count as one of the days of their suspension even if the school day is almost over?
Any information anyone can offer is greatly appreciated! Anecdotes are welcome.
Edit: Thanks so much everyone! Your answers really gave me some useful ideas!
Google terms searched: "fighting high school suspension" and different variations on that same theme.
I've found various high school handbooks online that lay out the rules for fighting and the punishments students will get for partaking. What I'm trying to learn is more of the behind-the-scenes information of how the situation would be handled.
I'm writing a scene where two sixteen-year-old guys are having a verbal disagreement between classes in the hallway. Boy 1 starts to walk away. Boy 2 pushes him into the lockers while his back is turned. Boy 1 picks himself up, lunges at Boy 2, and gets maybe two weak punches in. Boy 2 then proceeds to punch Boy 1 several times in the face and stomach, bruising him.
I'm trying to figure out what would happen next. If none of the students do anything except watch, would it then be up to teachers to break up the fight? If, so what would happen immediately after that? Would the boys be taken to the principal's office? The school nurse? The guidance counselor? Elsewhere? Would they be interviewed about what happened? By whom? Would they be in that meeting together or separately? Would other students be questioned as well? If neither of the boys in the fight have been in trouble at school the past, would their punishments be equal for this? Would their parents be called? Would they have to stay at school until their parents are available or would they be sent home? (They are both licensed drivers.) Would being sent home early count as one of the days of their suspension even if the school day is almost over?
Any information anyone can offer is greatly appreciated! Anecdotes are welcome.
Edit: Thanks so much everyone! Your answers really gave me some useful ideas!