Huron Valley Parents Seek Disclosure of Incident Reports
After two reported assaults at an elementary school, parents want policy to change — district says federal law prevents access to records.
Shelly McCrum vividly remembers the call she received one afternoon — her 9-year-old daughter had been injured at school. She was told her child, a fourth-grader at Kurtz Elementary School, had received a minor neck injury after some rough play on the playground. But she said she later learned that what happened to her daughter, Haleigh, was no accident, alleging it was an intentional physical attack by boys. McCrum said her daughter told her a group of boys chased her until one grabbed the back of her sweatshirt, jerking her backward and causing her to fall to the ground. The boys held her down on the ground while another boy started to choke her. A few days after the incident, her daughter developed a large bruise on her forearm from …
Linda
6:24 pm on Friday, June 17, 2011
I feel for you, Shelley, and for your daughter and what happened to her. It's a horrible thing for a child to have to endure. However, bullying is a constant and repetitive occurrence, and from what it sounds like, this was an isolated incident that was handled in the manner that is consistent with district policy. I understand your wanting to have district policies changed, but in voicing one … more ›