The Dallas Morning News says it has obtained a school board report that says two “cage fights” took place at South Oak Cliff High between 2003-2005.
The paper said it was not clear from the report whether there were more than two fights in a steel mesh equipment cage in the boys’ changing room.
No criminal charges were ever filed, and the principal at the time has denied any fights took place.
Donald Moten, who retired as principal last year, told the Morning News: “That’s barbaric… It never did happen. I never put a stop to anything because it never happened.”
The alleged fights came to light during a grade-fixing investigation, after which the school was stripped of two basketball titles.
In the report, a teacher was quoted as saying Mr Moten told a member of staff to put two fighting students “in the cage and let ‘em duke it out”.
Cage fights? This isn’t cable tv. Those students should be forced to sneak out in back of the gym like everybody else.
