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Parents tell Millington board they fear for third-grade students amid alleged threats and repeated behavior
Summary
Two parents used the meeting's public-comment period to tell the Millington Municipal School Board that a student with a history of disruptive and allegedly threatening behavior is creating safety and IEP-accommodation concerns for third-grade classmates.
During public comments at the Millington Municipal School Board meeting, two parents urged the board to take action after alleging repeated threatening behavior by a student who attends Millington Primary and previously attended Lucy Elementary.
Dale (surname provided phonetically in the record) said the child has a history of aggressive behavior and that parents and family members have located videos and social-media posts showing incidents, including a lunchroom assault. Dale said the child reportedly runs in hallways and has directed violent language — allegations she said were reported to school staff in March and earlier. "This child runs the hallways... It's all on video," the commenter said, and told the board she had not seen the video reviewed by administrators.
Nicole Williams, who identified herself from 8525 McCullough Road and said her daughter is a third grader at Millington Primary, said she has roughly 16 pages of documentation of communications with administration and that she met with Mr. Neil on March 31. Williams said school staff initially recommended moving her daughter to a different hallway to avoid exposure to the student; after following up five school days later she said she was told the move would not happen. Williams said her daughter has an IEP that requires minimizing distractions and that she fears the student's presence undermines those accommodations. "I ask that my daughter be removed," Williams said, adding that she works at the same school and does not want to speak against her employer but must advocate for her child.
Board response and next steps: the board said it does not normally respond to individual public comments during the meeting, but members acknowledged receipt of the concerns and said they would take them under advisement. A staff member stated thank-you for bringing the matter to the board’s attention and said it had not previously been raised in that forum. No formal board action, vote or directive was recorded on the public record during the meeting.
Clarifying details from the comments - Parents reported that the student previously attended Lucy Elementary and that similar behaviors were alleged there in 2023, according to social-media posts provided by a parent. - Parents said the child has an Individualized Education Program (IEP); the commenter said her own daughter also has an IEP. - A meeting between a parent and the school (identified as March 31) was referenced; parents said promised changes (a classroom/hallway reassignment) were not implemented within five school days.
Why it matters: parents described repeated disruptive behavior and alleged threats involving young elementary students, raised concerns about adequacy of school responses and requested concrete steps to protect affected children. The board did not take immediate formal action during the meeting; parents and staff said the issue would be taken under advisement.
No formal investigation results, discipline actions, or names of students were read into the public record during the meeting.
