A Pennsylvania girl spoke at a school board meeting and described witnessing a 13-year-old student brutally attack a classmate with a Stanley Cup in his bag. school cafeteria last week, saying she had warned the school about the student’s so-called “blacklist” hours before the bloody attack.
The student addressed the school board during a public comment section of the North Penn School District meeting Thursday, a day after a student allegedly approached behind the 12-year-old victim in the school’s cafeteria. Pennbrook Middle School and on several occasions. I hit her on the head with the metal cup.
“I don’t understand how you couldn’t stop him,” the child said. “It was five hours from when I told you it was going to happen to when it happened. It was a full five hours. I don’t understand how you couldn’t have stopped it .”
She said she spoke to a counselor about the accused student’s so-called “blacklist,” which she said she was also on, but said she was told, “Don’t worry, it will not happen ; we have the situation under control. “
Students and parents at Pennbrook Middle School are attending a school board meeting Thursday after a student was accused of hitting a classmate in the head with a metal Stanley cup. (North Penn Television)
“But clearly that’s not the case,” she told the school board.
Surveillance video of the incident seen by FOX29 Philadelphia showed the 12-year-old victim’s head bleeding. She was taken to hospital after the alleged attack and was seriously injured.
The student later described to the school board how students began “screaming and running” when the incident occurred.
North Penn School Board Director Christian Fusco listened to concerns from parents and students about the recent incident but said the district could not comment at this time. (North Penn Television)
She said she heard “these terrible loud bangs from the Stanley bouncing off her classmate’s head” and saw the accused student grab the victim’s hair and start “slamming her against the table.”
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The child described that there was “blood flowing everywhere”, an image she can’t stop thinking about.
“And we had to watch them eliminate him with blood running down his face,” she told the school board. “And I’ll never forget that. Last night, lying in bed, I kept repeating it in my head.”
A Pennbrook Middle School student could face charges following an alleged unprovoked attack on a classmate last week. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
Students and parents who spoke at the meeting questioned why students stood in the cafeteria for 28 minutes and watched blood being cleaned off the tables and floor.
“We shouldn’t have sat there and watched them clean up his blood with the mop,” the student said. “Watch her repeatedly scream ‘I’m going to murder you’ and hit her with the Stanley.”
Students and parents questioned the school board at a meeting Thursday about why the school appeared not to act after warnings preceding the alleged attack. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
School officials sent a note to parents Wednesday evening, saying that resources would be available to students who witnessed the incident and the principal planned to meet with students Thursday to discuss the incident.
Although parents questioned school board officials about the latest incident, previous incidents and safety measures at the school, North Penn School Board Director Christian Fusco said the district was not able to comment at this time due to “everyone’s opinion”. due process rights and the law. »
