On Friday, a girl in the eighth grade was assaulted by another student at school. The Indianapolis Public Schools facility, according to her mother, is not taking enough precautions to keep her kid safe.
Mariah, Brittney Laymon’s daughter, suffered physical abuse at Thomas Carr Howe Middle School.
Laymon provided a copy of a video that captured what transpired and was shared on social media to I-Team 8. Her daughter is seen retreating a few moments before she is grabbed by another pupil and pulled by her hair to the ground.
“No one stopped the fight. No teachers, the police officer. These girls only got suspended for three days and then went back to school today. So, now my daughter still has to be around these people,” Laymon stated.
Laymon went to speak with administrators at the school to receive guarantees that her daughter wouldn’t be attacked once more. She had her phone in her pocket and was recording the exchange.
An official clarified why the school was unable to guarantee that this would not occur once more. We live in a “nonguaranteeable” environment, so I’m never going to promise anything, the school administrator declared.
Rather than that, the administrator provided a safety protocol.
According to the administrator, “What we can do is we can remove her from class, any class she has with that student.”
“That doesn’t guarantee that the girl can’t just walk up to her in her classroom,” Laymon retorted.
The fact that a teacher did nothing to stop the attack on Laymon’s kid was one of her main grievances.
The administrator gave the following justification for the situation: “Teachers are not … they don’t have to break up a fight. They can step into the middle, but they put hands on student, and that student then gets hurt, now that teacher is liable.”
Layman stated, “It should be a requirement for any official in school to be able to break up a fight without being sued for breaking up the fight.”
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Mariah Laymon stated, “It’s not right to me that they basically can run up on me at any time, and none of these teachers cant do anything about it, and there’s not enough officers and I’m on my own.”
Laymon was at a loss for explanations on the whole thing. “I don’t know what to do. I could go all the way out of my way to take her to a better school, but I shouldn’t have to do that. My kid should be able to go to their neighborhood school and not fear for their lives.”
