Girls Fight At Academy--- Two Students Suspended --- Students began signature drive to attract management attention.

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Philipsburg:---- Several female students of the St. Maarten Academy were involved in a fight which has been ongoing for sometime now. The students and their families went to the Philipsburg Police Station yesterday to see if they would get some sort of attention since authorities at the school they said failed to give them satisfaction. Parents of the students said a mother went to the school and managed to pass the security at the gate and slapped another female student. This they said happened after a fight broke out at the school where at least one student was beaten up. The school fracas has since left two students suspended including the daughter of a pastor who have been involved in the ongoing feud.

However, when this incident was fully investigated an official at the school said the incident concerns what is described as a heated family feud which has been going on for the past three years. The official said police intervened in this matter as they spend endless amount of hours on these two families and could not bring about a solution.

"Even the police at some point gave up and the school psychologist continued to work with the two students and their parents. We were surprised when the matter finally calmed down and the teachers and other students could have had some peace at school." However, on Friday the matter flared up again, this time a parent came to school and things got of hand. The official said that the person who wrote the letter and began a signature drive is an outright liar when they said no one did anything when the fight began. However, the matter is in the hands of the vice principal that is charged with school discipline. When contacted Mr. Sprott said that he was busy and had the parents in front of him yesterday but one of the parents did not choose to show up. Sprott said he would give an indebt report on the case at a later date.