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Parent says student repeatedly bullied and a 'fake gun' incident went unreported at Potter Junior High
Summary
At the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District meeting, parent Carrie Parker alleged ongoing bullying of her eighth-grade son at Potter Junior High — including a student who 'pulled a fake gun' and mimicked pulling the trigger — and said school administrators did not notify her or law enforcement as promised.
Carrie Parker, a parent and hospice nurse, told the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District board that her eighth-grade son, Jaden, has been the target of repeated bullying at Potter Junior High and that she received insufficient response from school administrators. "This same boy...pulled a fake gun on him in between second and third period and pulled the trigger several times," Parker said during public comment and added that she had not received the incident report or promised notification from Principal Gonzalez.
Parker said the harassment began earlier this year, that classmates corroborated the existence of a video of an assault at a birthday party, and that her son reported repeated provocations and physical shoving in class. She told the board she visited the principal on the morning after the school incident and was told staff would interview students and follow up by the end of the day; she said she received neither an email nor an incident report and that school staff did not notify law enforcement about the alleged fake-gun incident.
The complaint put the district's student-safety and reporting practices under the board's public scrutiny. Board members did not provide an immediate on-the-record response to Parker's account during her three-minute public comment. The board's agenda later proceeded to other public commenters and district presentations.
The board's public record shows no contemporaneous, on-the-record denial or correction from Principal Gonzalez in the meeting transcript. Parker asked the superintendent and trustees to follow up on the matter; the transcript records the request but does not record a subsequent staff report, referral to law enforcement, or a formal board direction at the meeting.
What happens next: Parker urged the board and superintendent to investigate and follow up; the meeting record does not show a formal motion or vote tied to her complaint. The district did not provide a response on the meeting record. The board typically receives follow-up reports in later meetings or through staff contact with the complainant.
