Sound Off: What Are Your Reactions to Cafeteria Fight at Baldwin High School?

KDKA is reporting a violent incident from Baldwin High School on Wednesday, Feb. 9. The family of sophomore Michael Abraham, 15, says that Michael was attacked by another student during a lunch period in the school cafeteria on that day.

Michael has since been diagnosed with five broken bones in his face, according to his father, John Abraham.

John Abraham also said that the fight occurred in view of a security guard and a teacher. John Abraham said that neither that security guard nor that teacher intervened.

KDKA is reporting that  Superintendent Dr. Lawrence C. Korchnak said that the fight was mutual and that the was notified of the incident on Thursday, Feb. 10. Korchnak also said that Michael Abraham was seen by the school nurse.

The Abraham family, though, is upset that the high school did not call for an ambulance after the fight or notify police immediately.

Korchnak said that both of the boys involved in the fight will face disciplinary action and that the school district should have surveillance footage of the incident.

The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch contacted Baldwin High Principal Kevin J. O'Toole on Friday, Feb. 11, about the incident, but O'Toole deferred comment to Korchnak.

Korchnak then told the B-W Patch, "We handled it appropriately and according to procedure."

What are your thoughts? If you did not witness the incident firsthand, could you still recommend different reactions from the school district?

Should the school district have done anything differently?

Do you have other thoughts on the matter to share?

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