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Parent tells Lake Dallas ISD board repeated sexualized harassment, threats against her 11-year-old
Summary
At the April 20 Lake Dallas ISD board meeting, parent Rachel Cohen Miller described multiple incidents in which her 11-year-old student was subjected to sexualized language and threats at Lake Dallas Middle School and said administrators and the school resource officer intervened to protect her child.
Rachel Cohen Miller, a parent of an 11-year-old Lake Dallas Middle School student, told the Lake Dallas ISD Board of Trustees on April 20 that her child has been the target of repeated sexually explicit language and threats by other students.
"Today, she was asked if her balls itch and if her cooch burned," Cohen Miller said during the public-comment period, and later said a student told her daughter "he was going to gang bang you." She added that in February a student said he was going to rape her child. Cohen Miller described an earlier fall incident in which her child was "dry humped" by another sixth grader in a hallway and said supervision and discipline measures did not consistently prevent repeat incidents.
Cohen Miller praised Assistant Principal Glenn Glendenning and the school resource officer, Officer Green, saying they "have made the difference in her year" and helped investigate and secure the student’s safety. "They have taken it seriously," she said. She also told the board that when she attempted to report some incidents, school administrators tried to dissuade her from filing a formal report.
Cohen Miller urged the board to examine procedures for holding students accountable and for preventing repeat harm, saying: "Maybe if they get held accountable the first time, it won't happen to her. Maybe the second time it won't happen to her. Maybe the third time it won't happen to her."
Board members did not announce immediate follow-up action at the meeting. The board's public-comment rules require speakers to sign up before the meeting; the district notes complaints that allege misconduct by named employees are handled through administrative channels or, when required by law, in executive session. Cohen Miller concluded by thanking school staff who she said supported her daughter through the incidents.
The board continued into routine business after public comment; no public record of disciplinary outcomes or next steps was presented during open session.
