Students Involved in Brawl at Englewood STEM High School: Parents Share Concerns

CHICAGO (WLS) — There was a huge police response after a brawl at a South Side high school on Friday.

The fight happened at the Englewood STEM High School, located at 68th and Normal.

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Some students were seen put in handcuffs.

“It’s always something that happens here,” school parent Corey Johnson said,

A large fight involving around 100 students across three different floors caused chaos at Englewood STEM High School. The situation led to a lockdown, with police arriving to restore order.

Cell phone video showed the hallway disorder that unfolded after the fight Friday morning.

Parents quickly responded to pick up their children.

Julnita McCoy, a concerned parent, described the distressing moment when her daughter contacted her about the fight. The school had implemented a lockdown, and students were not allowed to leave until picked up by a parent or guardian.

McCoy told ABC7 her daughter claims another student used pepper spray in the hallway, causing a frenzy.

McCoy recounted her daughter’s words about being exposed to mace during the brawl. She questioned how a student managed to bring mace into the school undetected.

That’s when Corey Johnson said his 15-year-old son got caught up in the fray and was handcuffed while police calmed the crowd.

“He said it was a girl fight, at first, and then it just hit so big that everybody started fighting,” Johnson said.

It was a violent situation that, parents told ABC7, speaks to an ongoing problem here at the school.

“At this school, every time you turn around it’s fights all the time at this school,”

Police on the scene said there were no weapons involved and some students did sustain minor injuries.

ABC7 has reached out to Chicago police and CPS for more information, but has not heard back.