School bus assault poorly handled by schools
Dear Editor, I would like to express my anger towards a situation that has taken place at my son's school and on the school bus.On Oct. 18, my son was hit with a water bottle and colored pencils before his head was slammed into the window pane of the school bus by another student who is a fourth grade girl. This action taken by the fourth grade girl was not an action that was done in self defense, because six other students on the bus gave statements to the assistant principal and the resource officer at David L. Rainer Elementary School.
My son came home with a bloody head and hands. He was taken to the emergency room where he waited for four hours to make sure that he didn't have a concussion or fracture.I was told by the assistant principal that she would take care of the situation. Well, I don't know what disciplinary action was taken, but that same afternoon of the incident, the student that caused my son's injury was allowed to ride the bus home.My son has been singled out since this incident to be a trouble maker. He was told to sit behind the bus driver on Oct. 20, and the bus driver's response to me when I questioned why was that he has had problems in the past hitting other children when there is no record of any incidents with my child on the school bus or in school.I feel as though my child is being punished for something that he did not do. Why wasn't the child who caused bodily harm to my child not suspended or expelled from the bus or school? Is it OK to cause harm to my child because he is a boy and she is a girl? Why do I feel as though the school is covering for this child? And don't you think the situation would have been different if the roles were changed?
I know things would be different. It's not OK to cause harm to my child and get a slap on the wrist because he is an African-American boy and she is a caucasian girl. My son would have been expelled and they would have probably have arrested him if she had gone home to her parents the way he came home to me.It's not fair the way the school has handled the situation and I am not pleased. I am very angry with the nonchalant attitude of the school and staff.
Monique Jamison
Kingsland
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Would it not be better to hear this at a school board meeting than in the local paper? Why do these kind of people always go to the paper instead of the board? Because this board does not listen to the people they do whatever they want not the parents. Therefore parents have nowere else to go, but to the newspaper. My son was also hit on the bus last week. Does anyone else see a pattern here? Violence in school is on the rise, yet no one is concerned. Oh sure they say they are, but nothing ever happens. You members of the board must fix these problems and it would be a lot easier if you had the parents support, but if you don't listen to us, we can't help you.
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