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Fighting Chance? School Violence Pushes Students Out

Students at John Hopkins Middle School in St. Petersburg, FL take an in-depth look at chronic fighting at their school.

“I do believe that schools are a microcosm of society, which means that if you put a school in the middle of a community, I can almost guarantee the things that are going on in that community will carry over into the school.” - Barry Brown, principal, John Hopkins Middle School

This video is part of our Student Reporting Labs program, which connects students with a network of public broadcasting mentors to produce original news reports for the PBS NewsHour Extra.

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