HILL DISTRICT (KDKA) – A large police presence was called to a school in the Hill District Monday morning. 
 
 According to officials at the scene, a large fight broke out inside the University Prep School around 10 a.m. 
 
 According to Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh, the fight was the result of a neighborhood rivalry. The victim said she was jumped in the hallway. It escalated to about 30 girls being involved in total and involved screaming, kicking and punches being thrown. 
 
 Initially, officials believed the fight started with two girls arguing over a boy. 
 
 One girl was taken to the hospital with a minor injury. 
 
 9th grader Amina Morris said she was attacked in the hallway. 
 
 “I was in the corner, and they started hitting me, so my friends came in,” She said. “This is a school where you gotta fight, you just gotta fight.” 
 
 Some parents arrived at the school in the aftermath, but were unable to get their kids because the school was on lockdown. 
 
 “When I got here, I talked to her and they said she can’t leave, they have the school on lockdown. I’m like, ‘What the hell is going on up here?’” Charmaine Bemus said. 
 
 Classes resumed after the girls involved in the fight were removed from the school. 
 
 “It did take a while to get the situation under control and those students are being taken home and removed from the building,” Pugh said. 
 
 Parents say it is not the first time that students were fighting. Jascica Thrower said she warned the principal that trouble was brewing weeks ago. 
 
 “You have children coming form different neighborhoods, who have always hated each other. And you’re shutting schools down, making them go to school with each other, and you’re not fixing the problem,” said Thrower. 
 
 Charges are expected to be filed against those involved in the fight. 
 
 There have been concerns from a school police officer, school security guard and teacher that they may have received injuries. 
 
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 Now, some of those students-turned-combatants are facing the consequences in the form of criminal charges. All this, as classes resume today at University Prep School in Pittsburgh's Hill District amid tight security. 
 
 TribLive.com in Pittsburgh reports that there were no major injuries in the morning melee, only bruises and scratches. But one student was taken to the hospital. 
 
 Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh tells the website that official initially thought the fight started over a boy, but an investigation showed it was an ongoing dispute between students from the city's Garfield and Hill District neighborhoods. 
 
 As for criminal charges against the girls, Pugh tells KDKA-TV that charges are forthcoming, but she couldn't say how many teenagers will be cited criminally. 
 
 One teacher, a school security guard and a city police officer also sustained minor injuries trying to restore order when the fights erupted, KDKA adds. ||||| Sign up for one of our email newsletters. 
 
 About 30 girls brawled Monday morning when a neighborhood dispute boiled over at University Preparatory High School in Pittsburgh's Upper Hill District, and community leaders called on city and law enforcement officials to take action. 
 
 The fight began about 9:45 a.m. and put the school on lockdown for several hours, Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said. 
 
 There were no major injuries, only bruises and scratches, she said, and one student was taken to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC for an asthma attack. 
 
 Pugh said it was initially thought the fight started over a boy, but an investigation showed it was an ongoing dispute between students from the city's Garfield and Hill District neighborhoods. 
 
 She said all students involved were removed from the building. The lockdown was modified in the afternoon — meaning only those with previously scheduled appointments at the school could enter — and classes resumed. 
 
 “It did take a while to get the situation under control,” Pugh said. She noted that the students face a variety of charges depending on their level of involvement in the fight. 
 
 Leaders of the nonprofit Bloomfield-Garfield Corp., whose neighborhoods are included in University Prep enrollment, called on Superintendent Linda Lane, Mayor Bill Peduto and District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. to address the violence. 
 
 “Mayor Peduto is aware of the community concerns, has been in contact with district leadership on the matter, and plans to review the situation with police and school officials,” spokesman Tim McNulty said. 
 
 Zappala spokesman Mike Manko said his office had not yet seen reports about the brawl and declined to comment. 
 
 “We are fearful that the current learning environment is hindering children from succeeding in the classroom and will set them back for years to come,” said the letter, signed by corporation Director Rick Swartz, Deputy Director Aggie Brose and Youth Development Director Rick Flanagan. 
 
 Bloomfield-Garfield officials suggested increasing the counseling staff, school security and the Pittsburgh police presence, and they asked city and police officials to respond to the letter by noon Tuesday. 
 
 “We firmly believe that ongoing school disturbances will spill out into the neighborhoods, especially when young adults have more free time in the summer,” officials wrote. 
 
 The brawl was not the first violent incident associated with the school. 
 
 In August 2014, a University Prep student opened the door to the gymnasium to let in three individuals who pushed past a teacher to attack another male student. The victim sustained an eye injury. 
 
 Less than two months later, University Prep senior Eric Young was shot and killed in a targeted attack as he and his mother left their Hill District home for school. He had survived a previous shooting near his home unscathed. 
 
 Megan Guza is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach her at 412-380-8519 or mguza@tribweb.com. ||||| A fight apparently touched off by two female students arguing over a boy eventually escalated to a brawl among as many as 30 girls this morning, forcing the school to be placed on lock-down as police in western Pennsylvania raced to the scene. 
 
 UPDATE: Up to 30 girls face charges after brawl at Pa. school 
 
 The incident is ongoing at University Prep School in Pittsburgh's Hill District, according to KDKA-TV. 
 
 The fight broke out around 10 a.m. today. 
 
 At least one girl has been taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, according to KDKA. 
 
 Meanwhile, parents are venting their frustration to KDKA, saying they are being prevented by the school from picking up their children.
– Up to 30 girls at a Pennsylvania secondary school were involved Monday in an all-out brawl, and some of them are facing charges, the Patriot-News reports. The University Prep magnet school was placed on lockdown during the incident, which mainly left students bruised and scratched, though one student was hospitalized (TribLive.com says it was for an asthma attack); a teacher, security guard, and city cop also sustained injuries, per KDKA. The fight, which the Patriot-News says started around 10am, was initially thought to have started over a boy, but Pittsburgh Public Schools rep Ebony Pugh now says it appears to have been a neighborhood rivalry among students from the Garfield and Hill districts. "I was in the corner, and they started hitting me, so my friends came in," one ninth-grader tells KDKA. "This is a school where … you just gotta fight." Pugh concedes it "did take a while to get the situation under control," and although classes resumed as of Monday afternoon, parents and students note it's not the first time violence tied to the school has occurred: A male student was attacked in the school gym in August 2014, and a senior was shot and killed a few months later as he left his Hill District home. One mom says she even warned the principal weeks ago trouble was afoot. "You have children coming [from] different neighborhoods who have always hated each other," she says. "And you're shutting schools down, making them go to school with each other." A community nonprofit is urging school and city officials to address the issue, writing in a letter that "we are fearful that the current learning environment is hindering children from succeeding in the classroom and will set them back for years to come." The letter suggests more school counselors and security guards, as well as more help from Pittsburgh cops.