ATLANTA — Video shows a 7-year-old getting beat up on the school bus by a student six years older than him.
In an exclusive on WSB Tonight at 11, the boy’s mother told Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers that she isn’t satisfied with how the school responded.
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“He was crying really really bad when I got him off the bus,” Nakita Moreland said.
Moreland said at first, she didn’t know what happened to her 7-year-old son when he came to her in tears on March 23.
“The bus driver did not tell me. She just handed me my son,” she said.
Moreland told Rogers it wasn’t until another student on the bus coming from KIPP Soul Primary School sent her a video that she found out what happened.
“Very emotional because I feel very sorry that they couldn’t protect my son,” she said.
In the video, you can see an older student attack Moreland’s son while the bus driver continues to drive.
“My son doesn’t know why he was attacked,” she said.
But she does know the injuries he suffered.
“He had a busted lip. He had some bruises on his side, scratches on the back of his head. His hair was pulled out,” she said.
Moreland said the other kid is 13 years old and was back at school the next day.
“I want to make sure everyone involved and who did not react immediately is handled and held accountable for what happened to my baby,” she told Rogers.
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That’s why she partnered with parent advocates who helped her address the Atlanta Public Schools board Thursday evening.
“We would want to put a safety plan in place no matter where he goes,” said Kimberly Dukes, executive director for Atlanta Thrive.
Rogers reached out to KIPP. The school sent a statement saying the behavior is unacceptable and appropriate disciplinary action is being taken.
“We also acknowledge that the response on the bus did not meet our expectations. As a result, we are implementing additional supervision and safety measures to strengthen monitoring and help prevent similar incidents in the future,” the statement also read.
As for Moreland, she says she is putting her son in counseling.
“I can’t see him going back into that school,” she said.
Moreland said she didn’t receive a call from the school, but did get an email outlining a bus safety plan for her son and promising he wouldn’t have any further contact with the older student.
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