Parents express concern about Chaney fights

YOUNGSTOWN — Eugene Mickel of Volney Road put three children through South High School, and said he has a solution to a series of ongoing fights among students at Chaney High School.

“It’s the parents’ fault,” Mickel said following an impromptu meeting of concerned parents, guardians and school officials in the Chaney library Friday.

If the parent isn’t doing his or her job, he or she should suffer, Mickel said, suggesting that the parents of a child caught fighting should be required to spend a full week in school with their child.

“That kid wouldn’t fight again. I guarantee it,” he said.

Mickel, who has a granddaughter at Chaney, admitted there might be some enforcement difficulties with his idea, but he said parents could be asked to sign a pledge guaranteeing they will serve a week in school if their child fights.

Some 50 parents and guardians gathered in the library to express fears and concerns about recent fights and reports of threats at Chaney.

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