On Jan. 3rd, two B-CC students fought in the main lobby during lunch. During the scuffle, two staff members were knocked to the ground but suffered no serious injuries after attempting to separate the fight.

A video of the fight was shared on Instagram and subsequently throughout the B-CC community. The video drew attention and concern from parents on the B-CC parent listserv.

Principal, Dr. Mooney sent a community letter, explaining that fights are not normally followed by communication from administration, but due to wide outreach on social media, it was necessary. The letter also indicated that the students received disciplinary consequences in line with the MCPS Student Code of Conduct. Due to privacy rights and laws, these disciplinary outcomes, as well as the identities of the students, are not public information. 

The community message also stressed that fights are infrequent at B-CC and have not statistically increased this year. In a year-to-year comparison between this year and last, it was revealed that B-CC has had one more fight this year than it had last year by this same time.