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'Sheer chaos': Parents say fistfight stole show at kindergarten concert in Pottsville, as 2 men face charges
WFMZ ^ | May 28, 2026 | Rose Itzcovitz

Posted on 05/31/2026 11:43:47 AM PDT by Morgana

POTTSVILLE, Pa. -- A Schuylkill County school show put on by kindergartners was stopped short on Wednesday, following an altercation in the audience, officials say. Now police say two Pottsville men are facing charges.

Parents took off from work and arrived Wednesday morning to watch their kindergarten students' end-of-the-year concert at John S. Clarke Elementary Center.

"It's what every parent dreams to go and check out, see their cuteness. It was awesome," said Jay Rose, a parent of one of the kindergarteners performing that day.

While the students took center stage during the school day, it was a handful of parents who ended up stealing the show.

Some spectators inside the Pottsville elementary school found themselves in the middle of a melee.

"It was sheer chaos," Danielle Sclafane said. "And I was like, what is going on?"

Sclafane, a Pottsville parent and aunt of one of the kindergarteners, says she was standing right by a mom who got out of her seat to film the kids, when a man asked her to move.

"He came up and he tapped her on the shoulder aggressively and was like, 'move out of my way' very aggressively," she said. "When the song was over, her child exited the stage along with the other children. And she walked behind me, got in the guy's face and used profanity and was like, 'you don't need to effing talk to me like that.'"

Several parents say it was a scary scene. Sclafane says she watched as punches were thrown.

"When I turned around, they were, like, all on top of each other," she said. "It was just big mauling almost. The principal was on the table, and it was sheer chaos."

Kindergartner Madden Rose says she had all the moves for her concert down pat.

(Excerpt) Read more at wfmz.com ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: arth; education; kindergarten; pennsylvania; violence

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Mark Morales, 32, and Angel Garcia, 50, both face one count of disorderly conduct. Morales is also charged with two counts of simple assault.

50 years old and has a kid in Kindergarten?

1 posted on 05/31/2026 11:43:47 AM PDT by Morgana
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50 years old and has a kid in Kindergarten?

Granddaughter? Great granddaughter?

2 posted on 05/31/2026 11:46:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.πŸ‘¨ so t tv)
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"The police did show up," Sclafane said. "One of the gentlemen was handcuffed."

Gentlmen?

3 posted on 05/31/2026 11:46:50 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Morgana

> 50 years old and has a kid in Kindergarten? <

Could be a grandmother who’s taking care of a grandchild.

Lots of broken families out there.


4 posted on 05/31/2026 11:47:28 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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50 years old and has a kid in Kindergarten?

Grandparent? Great-Grandparent?

5 posted on 05/31/2026 11:49:15 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Morgana

Funeral violence, backyard barbecue party violence, fast food places and now kindergarten.


6 posted on 05/31/2026 11:53:19 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Morgana

Morales? Garcia?


7 posted on 05/31/2026 11:53:42 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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“””Mark Morales, 32, and Angel Garcia, 50,”””


Citizenship status?


8 posted on 05/31/2026 11:54:24 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Leaning Right

Jeff Foxworthy kid joke: “One good thing about Dad being held back again in fifth grade this year is now we’ll get to walk to school together.”


9 posted on 05/31/2026 11:55:08 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Morgana

my dad was 55. some people don’t know when to stop.


10 posted on 05/31/2026 11:55:22 AM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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"And I was like…”

”…and used profanity and was like, 'you don't need to effing talk to me like that.'"

β€œβ€¦When I turned around, they were, like, all on top of each other,"…

Eww.

11 posted on 05/31/2026 11:56:46 AM PDT by Allegra (I hate the word β€œliterally.” )
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β€œ Sclafane said. “One of the gentlemen was handcuffed.”
Gentlmen?”

Cops do this. In press briefings. β€œThe gentleman was escorted away in handcuffs after being witnessed heinously committing a crime β€œ

Idiocy


12 posted on 05/31/2026 11:56:56 AM PDT by stanne
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‘Sheer chaos’: Parents say fistfight stole show at kindergarten concert in Pottsville, as 2 men face charges. I guess those boys didn’t like each other.


13 posted on 05/31/2026 11:57:14 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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The hell with their ages. The last names of the perps tell you all you need to know. Cultural enrichment from either Puerto Rico or south of the border. Crisis resolution third-world style. Goes along with easier to apologize than to first ask permission. It’s just what they do.


14 posted on 05/31/2026 11:57:25 AM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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15 posted on 05/31/2026 11:57:29 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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So was there a clear winner? Or this being Kindergarten, did both men get participation trophies?


16 posted on 05/31/2026 12:04:06 PM PDT by Tallguy
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The hell with their ages.

I wasn't the one that brought up their ages. It was in the article, so there's that.

The last names of the perps tell you all you need to know. Cultural enrichment from either Puerto Rico or south of the border. Crisis resolution third-world style. Goes along with easier to apologize than to first ask permission. It’s just what they do.

I happen to have an hispanic last name and unfortunately for you I don't fit your narrow stereotype, so there's that too.

17 posted on 05/31/2026 12:05:52 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Allegra

The grammer with no grammar


18 posted on 05/31/2026 12:08:02 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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> Goes along with easier to apologize than to first ask permission. <

Don’t forget the justice system. Felonies get dropped or reduced to misdemeanors. Then comes probation and maybe a small fine.

Folks learn what you teach them. And the lesson is that committing a crime is not a big deal.


19 posted on 05/31/2026 12:09:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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These big productions for little children every year when they complete a grade is asinine. School year is over they go home, next year school year starts they come back. It worked for generations.

π“πžπšπœπ‘πžπ«, π₯𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐑𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐒𝐝𝐬 𝐚π₯𝐨𝐧𝐞.


20 posted on 05/31/2026 12:09:36 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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