An Oregon girl was reportedly forced to take her panic alarm to school after teachers ignored the judge’s no-contact order against her bully.
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Video footage showed when 12-year-old Jocelyn Karst was assaulted by a bully near her home, leading her to a panic alarm at school. Both students attend West Sylvan Middle School, and the attack happened in their neighborhood since the girls live on the same block. According to the Daily Mail, there was one instance when Karst brought pepper spray to school to stop her bullies, but it was confiscated.
‘She pulled me, threw me to the ground, and then started hitting me multiple times, and all I remember is apologizing over and over. I kind of didn’t know what was real at that point.’
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Her mother, Heather Chick, said they have been unable to move out of the neighborhood due to financial issues, and the assault occurred in October. Chick said she was unaware of the situation because she was cooking dinner at home but later filed a protective order against the bully after learning about her daughter’s attack. Although the order was made permanent, the school did nothing to protect her daughter.
‘The teachers and the principal mostly have been very aware of what’s going on, and still did not follow those rules. I mean, we could have been…held accountable too if something would have happened with her, you know, towards her. Either way, it goes both ways. And nobody established any kind of rules or boundaries.’
Chief of Portland Public Schools, Dr. Jon Franco, claims Karst’s bully hasn’t attended school since March 8 and promises to prioritize social-emotional learning for all students.
‘There is a national crisis around student dis-regulation and we in Portland are not immune to this crisis. We have, and will continue, to prioritize Social Emotional Learning (SEL) support for students through SEL curriculum, increasing the number of quality mental health providers, and professional development for educators and staff.’
Chick says she hasn’t heard from any school officials regarding the bullying and added that her daughter’s bully was allowed back in the school after one day the restraining order was finalized. When she addressed it to school officials, the staff members allegedly laughed in her face, and she learned that another girl was attacked in the bathroom with four others.
‘We aren’t protected by anyone here in our housing, in the schools, police won’t honor the restraining order as they said they never knew what legal ways they can do it. The system is very screwy and they need help to help our youth. They go to school a lot of hours, and those kids depend on these adults to take care of them, and to watch them, and keep them safe, and to teach them,’ she said. ‘What they’re teaching them right now is nobody cares.’