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School investigating after viral video shows 10th-grade girl punched, put in chokehold on Ohio school bus

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Cirrone, J. (2026, November 13). School investigating after viral video shows 10th-grade girl punched, put in chokehold on Ohio school bus. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/us/school-investigating-viral-video-10th-grade-girl-punched-chokehold-ohio-school-bus

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Fox News · collected 2026-11-13 · by James Cirrone

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The Boardman Local School District is investigating an incident on November 6 where a male student repeatedly punched, kicked, and put a 10th-grade girl in a chokehold on a school bus. While the district reported no injuries, the girl's stepfather expressed outrage over a delay in notification and the fact that the bus aide was filming the assault rather than intervening. The district has placed the bus aide on leave and issued a statement apologizing for the communication failure while the school superintendent defended the institution's silence as a matter of student confidentiality.
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Other students could be heard laughing until the boy put her in a chokehold, prompting someone to say, "Chill."
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Topics

MVCS Ohio WKBN-TV Youngstown the Mahoning Valley Community School

Subjects

the Mahoning Valley Community School ORG · 3× MVCS ORG · 2× WKBN-TV ORG · 2× Cleveland GPE · 1× Community School ORG · 1× FOX 8 ORG · 1× Jennifer Merritt PERSON · 1× Ohio GPE · 1× Youngstown GPE · 1× the Boardman Local School District GPE · 1×

Narrative

"Schools are bound by federal and state student confidentiality requirements that limit the public disclosure of individual student circumstances, disciplinary matters, and certain actions taken in response to incidents.
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Other students could be heard laughing until the boy put her in a chokehold, prompting someone to say, "Chill."

Claims (21 extracted, 1 hedged)

An Ohio school board is investigating an attack on a 10th-grade girl by a male student on a school bus after video of the assault went viral on social media. asserted
video → investigate → media
The incident occurred Friday, Nov. 6, on a school bus taking students to the Mahoning Valley Community School, a public high school in Youngstown that serves students from grades 7 to 12. asserted
that → occur → 12
The video, apparently filmed by another student on the bus, showed a boy repeatedly punching and kicking the girl. asserted
boy → film → girl
Other students could be heard laughing until the boy put her in a chokehold, prompting someone to say, "Chill." uncertain
boy → hear → Chill
The girl's stepfather told WKBN-TV that he found out how everything happened on Wednesday, five days after the brutal beating she suffered. asserted
she → tell → beating
He said she was taken to the hospital to check the severity of her injuries. asserted
she → say → injuries
Both students are enrolled in the Boardman Local School District and attend classes at the Mahoning Valley Community School through a service agreement between the two institutions. asserted
students → enrol → institutions
Under that arrangement, the district provides bus transportation for MVCS students. asserted
district → provide → students
The district released a statement to FOX 8, a Cleveland TV affiliate, apologizing for "the delay in promptly notifying parents of the incident." asserted
district → release → incident
"While bus staff notified Community School administrators, the severity of the incident was not adequately communicated," the district added. asserted
district → notify → incident
"We can share that no student injuries were reported following the incident. asserted
injuries → share → incident
We are reviewing both notification and transportation procedures to determine what happened and whether improvements are needed." asserted
improvements → review → notification
The district also said that during the assault, the bus driver was unable to pull over right away but stopped shortly after the altercation began. asserted
altercation → say → assault
The bus aide was put on leave "pending the outcome of the investigation." asserted
aide → put → investigation
The girl's stepfather told WKBN-TV that the aide should have acted as a second pair of eyes, not the phone camera that "can’t defend the students." asserted
that → tell → students
"This is a complete failure to communicate, protect. asserted
This → communicate → ?
I don’t even have the words — there are so many to use," he added. asserted
he → have → words
Jennifer Merritt, the superintendent of the Mahoning Valley Community School, also released a statement about the incident. asserted
Merritt → release → incident
"MVCS is concerned by public assertions that Mahoning Valley Community School has ignored this incident or failed to respond appropriately," she said. asserted
she → concern → incident
"Schools are bound by federal and state student confidentiality requirements that limit the public disclosure of individual student circumstances, disciplinary matters, and certain actions taken in response to incidents. asserted
that → bind → incidents
The inability to publicly discuss these matters should not be mistaken for indifference or inaction." asserted
inability → discuss → indifference
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