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Parent tells Fond du Lac board repeated classroom incidents have left children ‘not safe’
Summary
A Fond du Lac parent told the school board that multiple, dated incidents involving the same student — including threats, an earlier stabbing with a writing utensil and a teacher-directed outburst — have left her children and classmates feeling unsafe and urged clearer disciplinary thresholds and stronger action.
Tanal Graph, a parent, told the Fond du Lac School District Board of Education that repeated incidents involving the same students have left her children feeling unsafe in school.
“I do not feel safe at my school,” Tanal Graph said, detailing a string of incidents she said spanned 2023–2026: a threat to drown a classmate at a 2024 pool party; a writing‑utensil injury near a classmate’s eye during the 2023–24 school year; a classroom episode on May 20, 2025 in which a student allegedly attacked a teacher and several children were crying; and an April 27, 2026 recess fight the parent said was witnessed by an entire grade. She also said a separate younger student allegedly inappropriately touched multiple female classmates and that police had been called in at least one episode.
Graph said she had confirmed the incidents with other parents, told board members she had already met with her child’s principal and was told the behavior was being handled, and said the assurances had not matched what she’d since seen. She pressed the district for “clear, strong policies regarding violence” and asked how many chances students receive before expulsion or more restrictive placements are considered.
Under the district’s public‑comment policy and state open‑meetings rules, board members did not respond during the comment period. The board’s public‑comment procedures, read aloud at the meeting, state that administration and board members will not discuss items raised during the meeting in order to comply with statutory requirements and to preserve follow‑up processes.
The superintendent and administrators did not announce any immediate personnel or disciplinary actions in the meeting minutes for this item. The board’s agenda indicated staff follow standard response and reporting processes; if parents wish to seek follow‑up, the district requests they provide contact information for follow‑up under policy 0167.3.
What happens next: the public comment record places the concerns in the district’s official meeting minutes; parents who seek direct follow‑up were invited to provide contact details to enable district staff to respond through the district’s processes. The board did not take a formal vote or issue new policy at the meeting on discipline thresholds or placement decisions.
