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Parents and community members demand accountability after video shows student assaulted at Poinsettia Park
Summary
Dozens of speakers told the Carlsbad Unified School District board that a viral video showing a Black student assaulted at Poinsettia Park reflects broader failures in school discipline and safety. The superintendent said privacy rules limit details but vowed the district and police are working together; parents pressed for immediate accountability and better reporting and supports.
Dozens of parents, students and civil‑rights advocates filled the Carlsbad Unified boardroom and described a pattern of racist harassment and inadequate school responses after a video circulated showing a young Black girl assaulted at Poinsettia Park.
“I am the parent of the 11‑year‑old African American girl who was harassed, held against her will, and called the n‑word multiple times and assaulted at Poinsettia Park,” a woman who identified herself as April told the board during the public‑comment period, adding that the incident was recorded and later sent to her daughter.
The board heard a stream of related testimony in a nearly three‑hour…
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