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Mountain Pointe sophomore describes assault and bullying; family asks Tempe Union board for investigation
Summary
A Mountain Pointe High School sophomore described a series of threats, harassment and a physical altercation during public comment and her mother asked the Tempe Union Governing Board to investigate and clarify the school's safety plan before the student's return.
A Mountain Pointe High School sophomore told the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board she was verbally harassed, threatened and then attacked in class and received a longer suspension than the student she says assaulted her.
The student, Trandy Tarver, said the incident began in a dance class on Aug. 19 when another student objected to Tarver using a classroom fan and later threatened to “slap” her. Tarver described repeated verbal taunts in a later class and said the other student “tells me to go kill myself multiple times” and said “my mom should have swallowed me,” and that the student threw and broke Tarver’s school-issued computer. Tarver said she received a 10-day suspension while the other student received two days.
The disparity in discipline and what the family described as a failure by school…
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