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Parent tells Crosby ISD board his daughter was assaulted in middle-school hallway, urges action on bullying
Summary
During public comment at the Crosby ISD board meeting, parent Marty Pate described a March hallway assault on his sixth-grade daughter at Crosby Middle School and urged trustees and the superintendent to address what he called a systemic bullying culture.
Marty Pate, a parent of a sixth-grade student at Crosby Middle School, told the Crosby Independent School District Board of Trustees during public comment that his daughter was assaulted in a school hallway in March and urged trustees and the superintendent to take stronger action on bullying.
Pate said the attack—captured on a cellphone video he provided to the district—was "planned and premeditated" and involved a boy who, Pate said, pulled his daughter to the floor by her ponytail and struck her "at least 10 to 12 times" in the head before a staff member intervened. "For the record, she urinated herself in the hallway while she was being attacked," Pate said. He added that his daughter later was evaluated at an urgent care clinic.
The comment session followed the board clerk Audrey Anderson's reading of the public-comment rules, which limited in-person remarks to three minutes and said the board cannot respond to items not on the agenda except to provide factual information or existing policy. Pate addressed every board member and "especially the Crosby ISD superintendent," saying the incident reflected a "systemic culture problem, not policy." He said he holds "each one of you responsible for this. This is on you." Pate said his daughter will not return to the district's schools.
Pate described the incident as involving other students who encouraged the boy, noting one girl recorded the assault. He criticized the district's anti-bullying efforts as insufficient, saying posters and annual reminders are "an ineffective approach." He warned trustees that more serious injury could occur unless the district takes stronger steps.
The board moved on to scheduled reports after Pate's remarks. The transcript does not record a formal response from trustees during the meeting beyond procedural acknowledgment of public-comment rules. The district did not announce any immediate investigatory findings, disciplinary actions, or new policy directives during the portion of the meeting recorded in the transcript.
The board clerk had announced that in-person public-comment speakers must register five minutes prior to the meeting and that a visible timer would limit remarks to three minutes.
This account is based on Pate's remarks to the board during the public-comment period; the transcript does not record adjudication of the underlying incident, personnel actions, or a formal board directive during the meeting.
