@Soccer2018 : Where are the parents' responsibility in this? This kid got the weapon from somewhere, likely as not from home. Why are the parents not arrested along with the kid, if the weapon came from home?
I attended Pearland East JH in the 1971/1972 school year, graduating four years later from PHS. There were fights at that school at least monthly, and sometimes weekly. Some occurred inside the school, others happened over in Regency Park to avoid the school's authority. Fights happen at that age, no matter the level of security applies by the school. The consequences for them aren't happening often enough, and the parents aren't being held responsible by the school district for their kids' behavior.
I raised four kids in the Alvin school district and signed paperwork that the schools could apply corporal punishment to my kids should they misbehave. I also told my kids, "get pops in school, expect a whipping when I get home." I never had to act on that threat. I also did homework with my kids, and attended their school functions. If you choose to have kids, you take responsibility for their actions until the day you die. Raise them like you understand the meaning of that.