Currently making lots of parents furious is the bullying case at Paradise Elementary. One mother, named Brittney LaShae Carter, mentions that her son, Easton, is again bullied by the same kid who previously hurt him several times last year.
In March of last year, Easton was hit around 22 times by one student at Paradise Elementary. Even after all that, the school did not separate the two children for classes or for the school bus this year. As a parent, I cannot even imagine how scary that feels. If this were my school days, I would probably stop trusting the system, too.
This Tuesday, Easton was slapped again. After that, he told his mom he no longer wanted to go to school. That breaks my heart, to be honest. Homes and schools should be places where children feel safe.
Bullying is not a little thing in schools. When kids are continuously being hit or scared, they start having feelings of isolation. Scholastic performance suffers. Enthusiasm for school life wanes. I have seen this happen to a kid in my area, and he changed completely. He became quiet and scared all the time.
Brittney shared it all on Facebook, saying that the school didn’t even have Easton call her after the incident. The school even tried to say Easton was wrong for talking back. The whole excuse sounds really weak when the same kid keeps hurting him over and over again.
Youth football coach Kelvin Franklin II shared this unbelievable story with an online community. He couldn’t understand how the school would allow that to happen.
According to Brittney, Easton doesn’t feel safe; he stays home and then goes back to school, where precisely the same thing happens again. She also thinks the bully’s other parents are completely irresponsible about it.
She even said that Easton stayed at home on Wednesday, but when he went back, even just for half a day, the bully went after him twice. Skipping school isn’t the answer, and sending a frightened child back without protection isn’t either.
The school investigated and substantiated the slapping. The other student has since been suspended. But the assistant principal said that no one can be entirely blamed for this kind of bullying, since the kids talk badly about each other. She said she hears a hope that things will improve after the break, but that hearing it makes it seem as if this isn’t being taken as seriously as it should be.
Brittney is now garnering support from other parents online, urging her to push for higher action on the issue. Local police are also investigating the Paradise Elementary bullying case.
Most of them advised her to take her fight to the school board, the media, and even lawyers. Some mentioned anti-bullying laws and said that litigation might be the only sure way to get schools to act quickly.
Bullying is not just kids being kids; it causes deep injuries that span many years. Schools need to act to stop more kids from feeling too scared to walk into a classroom. You may also be interested in: Heidelberg Coach Scandal Gets Ugly as Boyfriend Threatens Players Over 4000 Dollars and Lawyer Calls Out University
