After claiming that two students at General John Stricker Middle School assaulted her sixth-grade son and that the school failed to notify her of the event, a mother from Baltimore County is calling for accountability.
According to the mom, who wished to remain anonymous for her kid’s protection, her son was allegedly attacked in a hallway on Tuesday when he was enrolled in the MCAP state evaluation.
The youngster appears to have been temporarily restrained by a staff member before being knocked to the ground and then stomped on the head by another pupil, according to video of the event that has gone viral on social media.
“I just want to go through the video and help my child,” according to the mother. “It’s a bunch of adults just standing there. It makes me angry because of the amount of people who were standing around with no compassion.”
She claimed that her seventh-grade daughter, who also attends Stricker Middle, told her about the incident rather than school officials. She said the girl had contacted her crying.
“My stepdaughter calls me, I hear crying in the background,” she remembered. “They said, ‘He’s on the floor and they couldn’t get to him.”
Denied entry to the school
Less than a mile from her house, the mother claimed she hurried to the school but was turned away. Outside, she claimed, a school resource officer accosted her.
“She threatened to kick me off the property,” according to the mother. “She started a countdown telling me to get off the property, and I said, ‘I’m not going anywhere. My children are in the school — I need to know what’s going on with my son.”
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According to the mother, her son was diagnosed with a concussion at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She alleges that following the incident, the school nurse and personnel neglected to dial 911.
In reaction to the incident, Baltimore County Public Schools released the following statement:
“Any student that engages in disruptive and dangerous behavior — such as fighting or assaulting another student — would receive serious consequences aligned with the BCPS Student Handbook and Board policy. That behavior would not be tolerated at any BCPS school.”
The mother stated that she has hired legal representation and that her kid will not be returning to Stricker Middle School.
