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A Broward County assistant football coach, identified as 29-year-old Jamir Clarke, was arrested this week after deputies say he struck multiple students during a heated confrontation at Blanche Ely High School. Authorities have booked him on four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm, a shocking development for parents who trust schools to protect their children.
According to arrest reports and witness accounts, the incident began as an argument over social-media posts and escalated into a physical brawl in the school weight room, where investigators say Clarke struck at least three students and even caused property damage. Deputies reportedly found Clarke inside a locked, darkened weight room after the altercation, and students described a chaotic scene that should never happen on a campus. The video evidence and eyewitness reports leave little room for the kind of soft-soap explanations bureaucrats often trot out.
What makes this case even more disturbing is that this is not an isolated complaint — prosecutors say a separate altercation at Monarch High School earlier in the month shows a pattern of violent behavior. Broward County Public Schools confirms Clarke has been reassigned from his roles, including a campus-monitor position he’d held since December 2024, while they review the incidents and consider termination. Parents deserve to know why a man with multiple complaints was allowed such access to students in the first place.
The legal consequences are moving forward: Clarke faces four felony counts and was ordered held on a combined $30,000 bond, with the judge spelling out tight conditions should he make bond — house arrest with GPS monitoring and no contact with the alleged victims. Prosecutors emphasized his considerable size during court proceedings, arguing that his physical presence created an elevated risk to the students involved. Criminal charges must be allowed to run their course without the political theater that sometimes protects employees at the expense of children.
Yet even as the system prosecutes criminally, the school machinery goes into its usual containment mode — reassignment and internal review — which too often results in the accused remaining on district payroll while parents pick up the pieces. That pattern, seen in other districts where administrators place staff on paid leave during investigations, fuels anger and suspicion among families who rightly expect decisive action when children are harmed. If districts claim “safety is our number one priority,” they must show it with firings, transparency, and full cooperation with prosecutors, not mere administrative shuffling.
Hardworking parents and taxpayers should demand more than tepid statements and procedural delay; they should insist on accountability that restores trust in our schools. School boards and district leaders must stop reflexively protecting employees and start protecting children — that means thorough investigations, public reporting, and, where warranted, termination and prosecution. No one who puts hands on our kids belongs in a school building, and local leaders must act like it.
This case is a stark reminder that when institutions prioritize preservation over protection, communities suffer. Patriots who believe in law and order and in the sanctity of childhood should raise their voices now and make clear that the safety of our children is non-negotiable.
