Student's arm fractured during fight at Sunrise Middle School, father says

Father says he spoke to school officials about issue before fight happened

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Sunrise Middle School student was recently physically assaulted at school, and his injuries were so severe that he required medical attention, his father told Local 10 News on Monday.

Antonio Moriceau, 11, can no longer ride his bike to and from school after his father said a fight with a bully last week fractured his arm.

Moriceau Sr. said it was a fight he tried to prevent by coming and talking to school officials before it happened.

"Thursday, I came out to the school," he said. "I did everything I could do. Then, that Friday, the kid got into a fight with him and broke his arm."

Antonio is a sixth grader at Sunrise Middle School and said the other boy is a sixth grader as well.

School officials said they are aware of the incident and that it is being reviewed. 

Moriceau said the fight happened outside of the school gym and that there is surveillance video they may be able to review.

He said he is outraged that it came to this because he tried to prevent it. 

"It makes me feel like there is only so much I can do, and there is more the school should be doing," Moriceau said.  

Moriceau said as far as he knows, nothing has been done to discipline the boy who injured his son.

School district officials told Local 10 News in a statement that there was a "mutual conflict between two students" and said that disciplinary measures will be taken "in accordance with the district's Code Book for Student Conduct discipline matrix," although they didn't specify what those disciplinary measures would be. 

"The district and school are committed to providing safe and secure learning environments for students. The school's leadership continues to communicate and work with the students and families involved," Broward County Public Schools spokeswoman Cathleen Brennan said. 

But Moriceau no longer feels like his son is safe at Sunrise Middle School and he is now considering getting his child out of the school. 

Moriceau said he wants the other child involved, his parents and school officials to know he will not stop fighting for his son to be safe.

"This kid has a parent that loves him a lot, and I want the bullying to stop," Moriceau said.