DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A DeKalb County mother is planning to press charges after her daughter’s hair was ripped from her head at school.
Sabrina Johnson told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington her daughter is a third grader at Princeton Elementary School.
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The 8-year-old girl said a boy made a comment about her sexuality before hitting her in the school’s lunchroom.
“She is destroyed, emotionally destroyed,” said Johnson. “She keeps on crying.”
Johnson says her daughter hit back, and that’s when she says the boy held her down and ripped out her braids.
“He grabbed her hair. Jerked her from her seat and onto the floor and kept on pulling it,” Johnson said.
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The DeKalb County School District released a statement that read:
“The safety and well-being of our students remain a top priority for the DeKalb County School District. On October 22nd, an incident occurred between two students at Princeton Elementary School, resulting in one student’s hair being pulled. The student’s parent took them to a local hospital for further evaluation. The incident is still under investigation.”
— DeKalb County School District spokesperson
Johnson said she wants to see any surveillance video and wants to know if any adults were around at the time of the reported incident.
“It’s like nobody is listening,” Johnson said.
Johnson filed a police report.
She said she plans to press charges against the other student and to transfer her daughter out of Princeton Elementary.
“I don’t like kids to be bullied or to be harmed,” said Johnson.
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