Scandal in a school in Corrientes: students organized a fight and raised money for the “winner”

In the last few hours, a video of students from a private school in Corrientes fighting over money went viral. Inside the boys' bathroom, high school seniors are seen raising money to pay the “winner” of the match.

The video was shared on social networks by one of the students who starred in the event. These are students from the San José School, a private establishment in the capital of Corrientes who just on the day the fight was organized, last Friday, were celebrating a new anniversary of its foundation.

“The video comes out of the circle of the students themselves involved. This happened in the morning shift and they are high school children of different years: fourth, fifth and sixth,” said Sara Lanari, legal representative of the San José School, who specified that the students involved have already been sanctioned.

The institution reportedly cited the parents of the teenagers once the video was released. The tutors agreed with the sanctions applied by the school given the seriousness of the events: the students received 24 warnings, a week's suspension and must perform socio-community work in the school's pastoral care.

In the video it is observed that among the students they collect just over 200 pesos to reward whoever is “winner” of a hand-to-hand fight, which occurs after agreeing on some guidelines such as “no blows with a closed hand”. While the two boys fight, their teammates encourage them to continue the confrontation.

“They are two students who have the profile of good students and there were no previous warning signs of problems between them or rivalry,” Lanari warned in an interview with Radio Dos. “Before noon the tutors of all the students were summoned to the institution, both those who fought and the one who filmed, and who is seen counting the money of the bet,” he added.

San José School is a traditional private school in downtown Corrientes. Historically, it only accepted women into their classrooms, but for a decade they have also extended enrollment to males and it became a co-educational college.

According to the school's legal representative, it is an unprecedented fact that is shown in the video since there had never been any situations of violence in the establishment. “It's such an unpleasant situation that it goes against all the work we do,” he warned.

Last week, when the acts of violence were recorded, the school celebrated the anniversary of the 129th anniversary of its foundation and the day of its patron saint. “This came to color the atmosphere of celebration in which we were working. It challenges us to adjust our control and care system within the establishment,” lamented Lanari.

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