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Parent tells board her kindergartner has been repeatedly assaulted; requests action
Summary
A Cobb Elementary parent told the board her 5‑year‑old suffered repeated physical assaults since Aug. 14 and urged the district to revoke an interdistrict permit and intervene; the board said it heard the concern but could not address personnel or student discipline in open session.
At the community‑comment portion of the Sept. 10 meeting, parent Charlie Townsend described a series of alleged assaults on her 5‑year‑old kindergartner at Cobb Elementary dating to Aug. 14 and urged board action to protect her child.
"My son has attended school for 14 of these dates. Within this time Cameron has been elbowed in the head, hit in the head, punched in the face, dragged across the ground, kicked once in the nose, causing a mark, could have caused a break, and once in the cheekbone causing bruising," Townsend said. She alleged six attacks by a single interdistrict transfer student, cited the district's interdistrict permit policy and the school safety plan, and said she had raised the matter with Principal Angie Stevenson and Superintendent Jeff Crane without satisfactory resolution.
Trustees publicly acknowledged Townsend's remarks but said the board could not discuss student discipline or personnel matters in open session. The superintendent and a trustee said they heard and appreciated her testimony and that follow‑up would occur outside the public meeting. "They very much do hear, even though it's not something that we're gonna be able to discuss in this setting," a board member said.
Townsend concluded by asking the board to consider revoking the interdistrict permit for the alleged aggressor and to take steps to keep her son safe; she said the family was considering withdrawing the child from the district if the situation did not improve.
