Posted on 12/19/2025 11:05:55 AM PST by Red Badger
16-year-old Andrew Meismer was stabbed to death at a Texas school by his 18-year-old classmate Aundre Matthews on Wednesday morning.
Matthews allegedly has a history at the school that includes violent altercations.
The Harris County DA’s office on Friday charged Matthews with murder after he fatally stabbed Meismer with scissors during a fight at Ross S. Sterling High School.
Meismer was airlifted to a hospital on Wednesday, but he died from his injuries.
Goose Creek Superintendent Dr. Randal O’Brien addressed the fatal stabbing.
“After careful consideration, the administration decided that the best way to serve our students and faculty in the wake of this tragedy would be to come together as a campus community to provide in-person support,” wrote Dr. O’Brien.
“To that end, we reopened Sterling on Thursday morning with a full crisis response team in place and ready to serve our students and staff as they process yesterday’s events.”
Dr. O’Brien said the school was limited by local and state laws amid criticism of it lack of action in response to Matthews’ prior violent altercations.
“These laws exist to protect students and families, even when outcomes are difficult to understand in the aftermath of tragedy,” he wrote.
KHOU reported:
Murder charges have been accepted against an 18-year-old Baytown Sterling student in the stabbing death of another student.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to KHOU 11 the charges against 18-year-old Aundre Matthews. The DA’s office said paperwork is being filed. Matthews is accused of fatally stabbing 16-year-old Andrew Meismer Wednesday during a fight between the two.
Matthews has been at the Baytown Jail. He’s expected to be transferred to the Harris County Jail. As of 8:30 a.m. Friday, he still had not been.
Thursday night, the Goose Creek CISD Police Department approved the release of Matthews’ booking photo.
Students at Ross S. Sterling High School are protesting and demanding justice.
Diversity is our strength. Not.
It’s them.
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Pat, I’m ready to solve the puzzle.
I’m wondering how a 16 year old and an 18 year old are ‘classmates’?
Ah ... Baytown.
I went to a Catholic boys high school several decades ago. The dean of students was a former Korea War vet and Marine. He ran a tight ship.
I remember in the first month of our freshman year, about 4 boys were immediately expelled for violations ranging from theft of a wallet, talking back and profanity at a teacher, and fighting/bullying
The next 4 years were completely peaceful, there were no cliques, and mutual respect was enforced. A perfect learning environment.
It’s another I didn’t do nuffin crowd.
In this regard, they were in the same class, not graduating class.
He’s an adult, hang him.
FIB statistics…
Convictions:
Violent Crime: 2.6 Black / 1.0 White
Murder: 6.4 Black / 1.0 White
Robbery: 7.1 Black / 1.0 White
Aggravated Assault: 2.1 Black / 1.0 White
Behave accordingly.
It is high time that parents get locked up for these crimes. The homes are the problem. Open the asylums and put the whole family in. The democrats should figure out a $$$ scam for that.
It’s a fairly average size comprehensive high school with 2200 students approximately. It isn’t a continuation school or “alternative” high school so I have to wonder why someone is a student who is over 18 at the end of the calendar year and has a history of aggressive behavior. They should have transitioned the “teen” into a continuation school.
There was a post a few days ago about a stabbing with scissors, this the same event? However, the victim wasn’t reported as having died.
Retired city high school teacher here. Most public school officials refused to apply the “broken windows” theory to school misbehavior. They got bonuses and promotions by keeping suspensions low. So they ignored the small problems. And then the small problems became big ones.
But there’s another piece to the puzzle. In the state where I worked, a special education student could only be suspended seven times in any one school year.
So even decent administrators held back. They saved those days for when the student brought a weapon or drugs into the school. Anything less (including violence), and the student was just “counseled”.
Maybe if Aundre Matthews wasn't in the classroom but instead somewhere else ... like maybe locked up in the boiler room ... then maybe 16-year-old Andrew Meismer would still be alive.
““After careful consideration, the administration decided that the best way to serve our students and faculty...”
the best way to serve them would have been to not have a student you knew had previous issues interacting with the students especially. If adults choose to be around a known violent student that is one thing, but to subject other young people, some maybe not aware of the known violent issues, is not just wrong, it’s promoting endangerment of all the students.
Another Frisco self-defense, no doubt.
In what school can a “classmate” of 18 years of age be in with a 16 year old?
The 16 year old was promoted a grade and the 18 year old flunked?
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