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Parents testify about repeated assaults in Woodsdale kindergarten; board pledges to address concerns
Summary
Two parents told the Ohio County Board of Education that a single classmate repeatedly assaulted young children in a Woodsdale kindergarten classroom, describing physical attacks, threats and trauma; parents said they met with school administrators but remain unsatisfied and two families said they are withdrawing their children.
At the Nov. 25 meeting of the Ohio County Board of Education, parent Jessica Bowers described repeated physical attacks on her 5‑year‑old son by another student in a Woodsdale kindergarten classroom and said the school administration's responses have been "vague" and inadequate.
"My son has been punched in the face, had his throat squeezed, been hit, scratched, and pushed down," Bowers told the board. She said the child also received death threats and…
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