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ARE HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. VICKI: TOBEY STRONG IS DEEPLY CONCERNED, SAYING HER CHILD IS TEXTING HER REPEATEDLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS ABOUT AN ESCALATION OF FIGHTS AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, SOME AS EARLY AT 7:00 A.M. >> THEY ARE ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE INDISCRIMINATE. IT CAN BE IN THE MORNING, IN THE AFTERNOON. VICKI: SHANE SINGH IS AN ALUM, SAYING HIS FAMILY HAS ATTENDED KENNEDY HIGH FOR GENERATIONS, WITH NOW HIS NEPHEW, ALSO DESCRIBING AN INCREASE IN CAMPUS VIOLENCE. > THE FEEDBACK THAT I GET FROM THESE KIDS IS THAT IT’S A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND IT’S CRAZY. VICKI: BOTH TOBEY AND SHANE BELIEVE THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM, A DROP IN STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS. >> SO THERE’S NO LONGER A FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS. >> YOUR STUDENT, OR YOUR CHILD, IS OUT OF CONTROL. AND IT’S UNFORTUNATE BUT WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, NOT THE OFFICER. BECAUSE BAD BEHAVIOR REFLECTS NOT ONLY ON THE STUDENT, BUT IT REFLECTS THE PARENT AND AFFECTS EVERYBODY AS A WHOLE. VICKI: SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED EXPLAINS THERE ARE STILL STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS. THE STAFF HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF FROM EIGHT TO FOUR OFFICERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT’S 75 K-12 CAMPUSES. >> WE CONTINUE TO INFORM OUR FAMILIES AND SRO IS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY, WE’RE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE POLICE EVERY DAY. THEY ARE STILL PART OF OUR TEAM. WE’RE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. NOBODY WANTS THEIR STUDENT ON A CAMPUS WHERE FIGHTS ARE GOING ON. WE’RE WORKING TO LIMIT THAT ON CAMPUS AND HOPEFULLY NO FIGHTS AT ALL M

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Parents and family members say an afternoon fight at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento is not an isolated incident. Tobey Strong says she receives regular texts from her child throughout the school day. “They are all the time. They are indiscriminate,” Strong said. “They can be in the morning, in the afternoon. I’m told some are occurring off campus. I mean, it can break out at any given time.”Shane Singh is a Kennedy High alum and said his family has attended the Greenhaven school for generations -- the most recent student being his nephew. “The feedback that I get from these kids is that it’s a daily occurrence and it’s crazy,” he said. Both said they believe a crux of the problem is a drop in the number of student resource officers. As of now, there is one SRO for the district’s 75 K-12 campuses.The Sacramento City Unified School District cut its SRO staff in half, from eight to four officers. However, the terms for three of the four positions are still under negation with the Sacramento Police Department.“So, there’s no longer a full-time police officer assigned to that high school or any other high schools,” Singh said. The district explains the remaining SROs are stationed to respond when incidents occur. “An SRO is always a phone call away,” Alex Barrios with SCUSD said. “SROs are in contact with us multiple times a day. And as a matter of a fact, we’re in contact with them right now about what we should do in the event quick response is needed.”Barrios adds the recent fights are not gang-related. He said the month of September is historically high for conflicts and fights as students get adjusted and staff learn of potentially problematic exchanges. “We’re taking this very seriously,” Barrios said. “Nobody wants their student on a campus where there's a lot of fights going on. We’re working to limit the amount of fights we're seeing on campus, and hopefully, no fights at all moving forward.”The district also denied reports that the annual rival football game and homecoming may be canceled as a result. So far this year, 12 Kennedy High fights have been reported to the district. At the same time last year, the district said, there were 13 reported fights on campus.