For cryin' out loud, it was a fight in school, it's been going on for years, and will continue, the only difference is you can see the fight on video now. The girls got punished, end of story.

the funny thing is, they don't show what she said before that, to get the beating. Fights like this used to happen daily, everyone is just too sensitive now a days. If you're willing to run your mouth, you need to be willing to get your beat down.

I am appalled that this happened at our High School. I am more appalled by the comments made that fights happen all the time. This is unacceptable and the girl that beat up and broke the other girls nose should be expelled. This was a vicious attack and our schools need to send the message that this is not acceptable.

Blown way out of proportion, that family just wants everyone to feel bad for them. Way more embarrassing now that she went on the news. I do not feel bad for the Katya gal at all.

Hartland High School is a school of about 1,800 students, i am very surprised fights like this do not happen more often. The news really has nothing better to do than this? This is just like the kid farting with his body banned from the talent show.. Seriously.. Sooo embarrassing for the Katya girl that her mom took it this far.

I'm a student and I'm well aware of who both of them are and if a guy said something like that to me, I would beat the **** out of him. There is a reason why no one has written what she said.

Btw expelled for a for a fight... Really

I commend the teacher for breaking it up before things got worse.

People can say what they want. VIOLENCE is NOT an acceptable reaction to someone bad-mouthing someone else! There are way better ways to handle that. Setting someone up, jumping them and bringing bodily injury is against the law. The girl that was jumped may very well have said some very bad things but it doesn't justify an assult. The girl that punched/jumped her should be punished not only by expelling but also by the full-extent of the law. This is NOT acceptable behavior in society... Remember the old saying, "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never harm me" ????

What a sad state we are in when people defend and accept this type of behavior!!

I think alot of the "news" hype on this particular fight is because of the video going viral. It was all over Facebook from what I understand.

I agree with Michele Gonzalez's statement. Have we become so desenitized to violence that our kids at Hartland, or socitey in general, think it is OK to retaliate by hitting/jumping/punching someone just because of what they said? Violence is NOT the answer.

Prosecute that student to the fullest and she will get a taste of her own medicine in prison plus a whole lot more . Once kids see what happens to them after a fight maybe they will think twice before starting one.

People will do anything for attention. It was a girl fight people, life goes on.

If you knew the comment that was made by Katya then you would have done the same thing. You can't say something like that an expect that she won't care. Katya deserved it and I will back up the fighter 100 percent for the decision I fighting her.

YOURE ALL COMPLETELY IGNORANT, IF YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THE VIDEO INSTEAD OF MAKING WILD ACCUSATIONS YOU WOULD SEE THAT KATYA COMPLETELY DESERVED IT. YOU CANT SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT AND EXPECT NOTHING TO HAPPEN!!!

My best friend Xavier aka Xavi that was his sister I go to school with him

Hey heartland student I'm backing up Katya

It does not matter what was said, it does not give anyone the right to attack someone!! The law calls that assault and battery!!!

Everyone gets so butt hurt over the stupidest stuff. It was a fight, it happens. Fights happen throughout the school year and punishments are handed down and life goes on. The fact that this was even in the news is pathetic and crys for attention. Suck it up and put some ice on you're nose. There was no reason for this to be in the news. Just plain stupid.

And not that it is an excuse to start a fight, but the girl who gave the "brutal beat down" has had a very rough life. Not saying that is an excuse, but everyone has their boiling points

Seems like every time something happens...there's someone videoing it.
Anything for the old 15 minutes of fame. Should be 15 minutes of shame!!!!
Stop promoting this behavior by putting them on TV and in the news!!!!!

I trust Mr. Mainka and school admin. to get all sides of the story and take the appropriate action. Not sure it's our place to be forming a lynch mob with so little info. And it's very sad that this had to be on the news, humiliating our wonderful district over a very rare and unfortunate incident.

What's really disturbing to me is that so many students feel that an appropriate way to react to bullying is to brutally beat them. The comments on here from students are appalling. This district spends an extraordinary amount of time, effort, and money on bullying. They have written policies, anonymous reporting systems, and harsh repercussions for bullying. Yet, the attacker in this case chooses violence. extreme violence, and look at the responses here from students. Sickening. The attacker needs to learn what happens in the real world when you assault someone.

Press charges, ms henze. Some time in a juvenile detention center will do the attacker some good.

What is appalling, Hartland Eagle, is that parents such as yourself come on to this website and throw your opinions around like you are always right. There is a reason why you are not an administraitor in th Hartland School District. So don't come onto a website flaunting you're opinion when you don't even go to hartland high school and don't know what really goes on there. And yes she could have reported the bullying, you really think that would have stopped it? You really don't know how highschool works? Reporting it would just made it worse.

Yeah she could have reported it and the girl would have revived a detention and a slap on the wrist. But it would not have stopped the bullying. I see it everyday. You don't. And by the way, from the looks of your profile, it looks like you have nothing better to do with your time than comment and voice your opinion on every single article on this website. May I suggest picking up a hobbies like chess or knitting so you aren't always on this website.

Well if you look at my comment again you will see that I didn't say the district takes bullying seriously. They do. I'm saying bullies will be bullies. No administraitor or punishment will make that bully stop. They are mean people. They go right back to it after they are punished.

My daughter went through 4 years of HELL AT HHS we reported everything to her counselor, nothing was done.

you know its always underclassmen, why not just make like a freshman campus so those freeking little punks don't represent us. Like if there were more blood (a broken arm or like internal bleeding) I'd take it to the police but the girl practically lied about a broken nose and being knock out. she should be ashamed that she even convinced her mom to bring it to the news because she was probably embarrassed by the fact she lost.like n the breakfast club. the fight between the two boys was bound to happen at some point too, because there was bad blood between them during football. this whole thing is bouge because there has been way worst things that happen here that haven't been taken to the police

Tell me, if bully is ground for expulsion, why hasn't half of the student body at hartland high school been expelled? Maybe you should try attending a day at hartland, then you will realize what I'm trying to get at. You can give a bully any punishment you want, they will not stop bullying just because they were punished.

I go to village Elementary school I'm in mrs reeds class I am backing katya

"Sticks and stones" is a lie. Words hurt and if left unchecked (not taken seriously) can lead to suicide or violence, or at the very least can lead to life-long depression and anxiety. It is also a crime-ever hear of verbal abuse or harrassment? Sounds to me like Katya may have started this. She shares the guilt, but the school must find a way of dealing w the verbal abuse so it doesn't escalate to these more serious and sad situations. These are KIDS after all-not finished product adults, they still need to be TAUGHT. But by high school-you guys are putting out fires at this point. It's time to stop dinking around and take this seriously.

I'm very "saddened" and totally "shocked" at some of the comments I've been reading here. I don't know either of the girls involved and I will not justify nor judge them for what was done. I'd like to think I would take the same stance even if I did know them because the mistreating of any human being is appalling weather it be verbal or physical because both have been known to have terrible consequences....the worst being the loss of lives whether by murder or suicide. Lately we hear more and more about bullying and yes I grew up with the sayings of "sticks and stones" and with "sometimes a bully has to be shown with violence that enough is enough". I disagree with these statements because I feel neither are accurate. There was a time when these sayings may have worked but that time is long gone. Society is now different as a whole and the violence (verbal / physical) is much more prevalent and severe than I've seen in my years. I don't know if it's because of the population of people or the pressures of life itself. What I do know is that human beings are becoming a more violent species and we need to try and understand why this is happening and work to change this. I see more and more everyday in people the lack of compassion and respect for human life. I end this by saying that my heart goes out to both these girls and their families because it appears that pain and suffering have been incurred on both sides. There are definitely lessons to be learned from all this.