Its shocking in this day and age with all the awareness of bullying that there are still schools that don't take this seriously.

Path of least resistance. They might have to do...gasp...paperwork! Of course, if some kid has had enough shit and fights back, then there's plenty of time for zero tolerance.

I hope that bully denied him water too.

i'm sorry, this is a terrible situation.... but to read they may garnish future wages of a 4th grader in a potential settlement is almost as crazy as the police/school not doing anything about 20+ incidents.

Why would a school/district AND the police completely ignore 20+ incidents if they actually happened? What would be the upside for the school if they did that?
Especially if the alleged victim is the child of an employee at the same school? If anything, the children of employees are probably watched a little closer than everybody else.

The police did nothing after several reports were filed after 20+ physical assaults were alleged? And yet this is the school's fault.
Makes sense.

I think only one police report was filed, a few months ago after the kid threatened to bring a knife to school and kill the kid. Not sure what if anything the cops did.

But, over the course of the year there were several instances all brought to the attention of the principal who refused to do anything. The parents finally went over his head and contacted the school board directly and ended up having a couple meetings with the superintendent who also did nothing. Basically they told him they would keep the kids separate but they didn't. And nothing was ever done to the other kid nor was there ever much of an attempt to make his parents accountable.

The article said she was fired after the lawsuit was done and now that is part of the lawsuit.

The article said she was fired after the lawsuit was done and now that is part of the lawsuit.

Ah, I watched the video. They didn't say that. I bet there's more to that part.

Still - why would a school repeatedly ignore dozens of violent acts against an 8 year old?

I'm going to guess that the perpetrating child is a BD "disabled" student. Possibly autistic or Aspergers. Therefore, the school couldn't take action or enforce things the way they could with "normal" students. The only thing they could have done was probably expel him or keep him in his classroom during lunch and recess which would also draw a lawsuit.

A child with a disability is subject to the same disciplinary action as any other student. Especially up to 10 days out of school suspension. After that it gets trickier but still essentially holds true.

Not many 8 year olds get suspended for anything "typical" - much less more than 10 days.

edit: however, if your guess is true - think about the grounds of the lawsuit for a second......

I'm going to guess that the perpetrating child is a BD "disabled" student. Possibly autistic or Aspergers.

Not sure if the lawsuit will be successful since its a very high standard of willful and wanton conduct, but I would guess that heads will roll at the school and school board regardless of the outcome.