A 5-Year-Old Was Allegedly Assaulted on a School Bus and Then Forced to Sit With Her Attacker

[Jilly_in_VA]

A North Carolina school district that has been repeatedly accused of ignoring or silencing students’ reports of sexual misconduct recently failed to do enough to help a 5-year-old girl who reported being sexually assaulted on the school bus, according to a new report from local news outlet WBTV. The girl was even allegedly forced to once again sit next to one of the boys who she says attacked her.

The 5-year-old girl said she was inappropriately touched by two boys on February 6, 2022, according to a school write-up of the incident obtained by WBTV.

“She said one boy was trying to get her to kiss another,” the write-up read. “The ‘fat boy’ was pushing her face against the window of the bus. She told her mother that one of the boys ‘put his fingers inside my cootie and was playing around.’”

The girl’s mother told WBTV that one of the boys also exposed himself to the girl.

After the girl’s mother reported the incident to the school, administrators initially promised to sit the girl next to an older female student on the bus, as well as sit her in front within the eyeline of the bus driver, according to WBTV. But instead, when the girl got back on the bus, she had to sit next to one of her alleged attackers, her mom told the outlet.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3nnq/north-carolina-cms-5-year-old-sexual-assault

Charlotte-Mecklenburg. Again.

[dalton99a]

1. CMS chief abruptly ends interview about 5-year-old's reported assault

https://www.wbtv.com/2023/03/01/cms-chief-abruptly-ends-interview-about-5-year-olds-reported-assault/
CMS chief abruptly ends interview about 5-year-old’s reported assault
WBTV Investigates pushes for answers parents want to know about school bus safety.

[Backseat Driver]

25. Why is the author of this article communicating in dialect,

i.e., "was sat" at least three times in the article??? I'd read that this dialectic use is gaining popularity among those in the UK. This "chief investigator," or anchor? in another article refers to the STEM program, pronounced with a long E.

Is this channel making use of AI-scripted articles or just mocking local readership's use of Standard English language?

IDK, but I'll never forget being told by a Brownie leader that using "I seen" would forever mark me as an uneducated boob, not that there aren't many such misogynist beings with an audience in NC.

Something is off with this story, IMHO, though there was a similar response to a threatened (violence-related) assault to my grandson by an elementary age classmate several years back where supposedly there is zero tolerance. School administers up the line and including the principal were unable to speak about what actions were taken in response to this threat by a fellow student under federal protocol and privacy. Not exactly helpful to the mom of the threatened student but that threat, unlike this alleged one, never materialized and has been largely forgotten, without traumatic effect, with the passing of time.

[SunSeeker]

2. Wow. That is fucked up.

Heads should roll.

[Emile]

3. Do the parents of the boys know about this?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. They Said They'd Move Her

How hard was it to execute on that plan? And, they just didn't do.
Aside from the callousness, it's super lazy to just ignore it.

[stopdiggin]

8. why wouldn't the bus driver handle this?

A seat close to the front (and withing visual) is always an option. Or is the driver an uninvolved (by choice) contract employee, that simply doesn't care what issues or behavior transpires. (Not the bus driver I grew up with)

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. Unfortunately, the bus driver is severely restricted in what thay can do.

Thank the parents who always complained about their precious snowflakes being 'picked on' by the driver (because the little shiat was being a danger to others as well as themselves by not sitting the fuck down and behaving, but I digress...) and had any ability to handle this type of thing removed. Yes, back when I was going to school, if you were a complete asshat, you were put off the bus. And, the school stood with the driver. Hell, I remember many times when the driver would not start the bus until we sat down and behaved. And if it made us late... oh well... it was our own fault. (You know, that outdated concept of being held accountable for your own actions?) Those days are long gone.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. I Wouldn't Put It On The Driver

Beyond the responsibility of enforcing the change, that is.
The administration is on the hook for this, IMO.
Just lazy.

[Phoenix61]

5. Sorry, she's not the one who needs to be moved.

Those boys need to have their sorry little asses kicked off the bus.

[Delphinus]

6. This.

Start making the boys responsible for their behavior.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Rather than grooming them

for the Presidency or a Supreme Court Justice..............seriously..........

[yardwork]

7. Yes! I don't understand this level of incompetence and negligence.

Those boys are children, too, who desperately need intervention and services before they grow up to be adult offenders. Just a complete failure of the adults all around.

[Phoenix61]

9. Typically when a young child offends it's because they were

victimized by someone. That the school just walked away is insane. I’ll throw in they are mandatory reporters and a child reported they were sexually assaulted. While it wasn’t by a caregiver they still have a duty to report to the appropriate authorities.

[Texin]

24. Exactly! Those perverts should be kicked out of school.

I am beyond sick and tired of this current American culture that punishes women and girls and allows boys and men to allow their toxic and raging hormones to get away with everything.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. I'm disturbed that their "answer" to the problem was to "move" the girl to another seat.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS is your answer to sexual assault?

[keithbvadu2]

11. The first responsible person is the school bus driver for making them sit together.

[The Magistrate]

12. I Agree, Sir

That is not only in the driver's limited power, it is the driver's duty as the grown-up on the spot.

[Higherarky]

15. Wait, WHAT?

It's the driver's duty to make her sit with her abuser? Surely I've misunderstood you, Sir or Madam.

???

[The Magistrate]

17. I Expect You Did, Sir

I replied to a post suggesting the driver could see to it she was seated elsewhere, and I agree. That is in the driver's power.

I regret being unclear.


"The meaning of any utterance is that which the hearer takes from it."

[Higherarky]

20. I appreciate your clarification.

[dsc]

13. The driver may not set the seating on the bus

I don't know how this district does it but some have admin made seating charts for the bus.

[The Magistrate]

18. If So, Sir

One would need someone to complain of the variance for any specific reinforcement of sitting the girl by a sexual bully to be imparted to the driver, or any discipline for disobedience meted out to the driver, and that could only cause more trouble for the school administration, as the reason for disregard of the seating chart would figure prominently.

[lark]

14. Sue the school and the administrators & bus driver to within an inch of their life!

None of them should have any responsibility for a young child after this heinous lack of caring. I can't believe the agony this young child had to go through, so very wrong!!! My head is exploding in anger at this moment!

[mainer]

19. And schools are worried about sexual content IN BOOKS

Maybe they should worry about sexual assault on their campuses instead.

[judesedit]

22. x1000