Mom Assaults Bully in School

Mom Assaults Bully

A 30-year old mother of a girl who was allegedly being bullied entered Olivet Charter Elementary School without signing in.  She went to the cafeteria, had her son tell her who was bullying her daughter, then confronted the alleged bully in front of other children.  The mother threatened the boy about bullying her daughter, then grabbed him around the neck.

The bullying claims are being investigated, but in the meantime, the mother has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse.

Analysis
Schools that have procedures for signing visitors into the school should also have in place procedures for what to do when a person does not follow procedures.  The mother's assault was not witnessed by any adult, which begs the question, how did this happen?

An adult entering the school, bypassing the sign in procedures, and then assaulting a student without being seen by the adults indicates some refresher training on sign in procedures, as well as student supervision techniques.

In this day and age, we cannot afford to let incidents like this happen.

Boy Beaten by Guardian in School Office

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A 12-year old student got into trouble at Hale Junior High in Tulsa, OK, and his guardian was called to the school.

She was buzzed in while hiding an axe handle and some cable behind her leg.  Upon reaching the boy in the school office, she assaulted him with the axe handle and cable.  School police had to pull her off of the boy, who was left with welts and bruises on his arms.  The boy has been removed from the woman's home, and she was arrested and charged with felony child abuse.

Analysis
Without knowing all the facts in the case, it is unknown what level of training the office personnel had received in the use of their electronic access system.  It is important to note that visual weapons screening, and training in pattern-matching and recognition is a necessary addition to any training for electronic access.  Such systems are only as good as the people who implement them, and the training they receive.