My daughter attends DCPS and for the last three weeks has done so under duress.  Yesterday, she was attacked by three students and was suspended because she fought back.  What the hell was she supposed to do, simply lie down and die?

The school and the district simply said the school has rules, and because she was involved in the fight, she has to suffer some consequences.  I wonder what they would have said to me had my daughter lost her life?  The consequences for not fighting back would have been her life. These children don't just fight; they carry guns and knives to school these days. This was a premeditated attack...they waited until there was no resource officer (police) at the school and no teacher was in the immediate vicinity and attacked her like vicious animals.

I went back and forth with the school for three weeks while my daughter's life was turned upside down to avoid conflict with these children (if you want to call them that because I'm really being nice calling them that). We went as far as to change her classes so she wouldn't be in the same class with them....Did that do any good?  Nope, because guess what.... they came in to her class when it was changed and harassed her.  Where the hell was the teacher?  If he was around or in the class, what kind of control does he have...absolutely none.  If he wasn't....why the hell not?

The principal told me that my daughter saw this coming and should have told an adult.  Question, when is a 14 year old able to judge another person's mentality and then determine what their intentions are?  or When does a 14 year old become a therapist and able to judge the mindset of another?  She was threatened everyday for almost three weeks, why would she think this day would be different from any other day?  I'm certainly not trying to say my child is an angel because she isn't; however, she doesn't lie in wait and attack people. 

These children called my home for three days straight after the death of my father and threatned my child...can you imagine the stress this placed on my child and me?  I brought this to the schools attention, the resource officer was aware of this and I even escorted my child to school the next morning because of the threats.  What am I supposed to do sit in school with her every damn day because the school can't provide a safe environment for my child, let alone one where she can learn in?

It took three girls....three to try to take her down.  What kind of shyt is that?  They bad as hell aint they?  Not really just goes to show you what kind of cowards they are that it took three of them to try and get her.

The principal also stated my daughter had an opportunity to talk to someone about this; however, I felt this was just a #$@!^ joke.  What the hell did she think we had been doing?  I’ve been leaving my job, coming to the school when my daughter called me when something happened involving these children and we would talk to the school together.  My daughter felt like the school offered her no protection or safety, which is evident as you can see from what took place yesterday morning.

There are still so many questions that plaque me about the situation.  An inside source (and not a student, an adult) indicated there was no adult in the vicinity when my daughter was attacked.  However, the principal, Ms. Kriznar insists there was.  If there was, how could three, not one, but three students attack my child.  They all didn’t attack her at once, one child attacked her, then the other two proceeded to attack her.  If there was a teacher in the immediate vicinity they were either moving pretty damn slow or they pretty damn dumb not to realize what was going on.

Ms. Dana Kriznar is the principal at Kirby-Smith Middle School in Jacksonville, FL who is employed by the Duval County School Board, along with Ms. Sherry Pritchard and Dr. Levi McIntosh of District I.  I spoke with Ms. Pritchard yesterday after the events took place and it was clear to me that she already had her mind made up that the decision Ms. Kriznar had made was what she was going to stand by.

I was supposed to be consoled by the fact that the children who attacked her would be sent to an alternative school.  However, the principal and other school officials led me to believe that once they went to the school they could not return to the Magnet program.  They also told my daughter's grandmother this.  This was a flat out lie.  Ms. Pritchard at the School Board advised me that they would go to the alternative school for 45 days and then would be return to Kirby-Smith, she then began to tell me that there would only be 20 school days left.  Is she fucking stupid?  It only takes a second to possibly wound or kill my child.  What the hell is wrong with these people.

These !@#$% kids need to be locked up.  This isn't fun and games, they are playing with someone's life.

If you live in Duval County and considering sending your child to a Magnet School, I truly don't recommend Kirby-Smith Middle. Your child may not be safe.  I've tried to get the statistical data on the violence in the school and have only gotten the run around, which only leads me to believe they don't want me to know.  The school is located on the East side of Jacksonville and the crime rate in that particular area is not good.

I am currently looking into some legal advice because I truly don't think the school provided a safe enviroment for my child.  I hope and pray no other parent will have to go through this.