WPTV is listening to a Palm Beach County mother that’s seeking solutions after she claims her child, a 7th-grade student from John F. Kennedy Middle, was attacked by another student on campus.
Jairishiela Gomez says the altercations go back to Aug. 22. Gomez claims she was told by the assistant principal they would push for mediation for her son and the other student who were not getting along — which did not happen.
A week later on Aug. 29, Gomez says her son was attacked by the student while walking down the stairwell.
“I didn’t have any words,” stated Gomez. “There’s no way, I mean. Seeing your son go through something like that. What parent wants their child to go through this?”
Gomez noticed her son was acting differently and was visibly hurt after arriving home. Gomez says her son told her he was beat up by another student and she was not notified by the school.
Hours later, she received footage of the brawl, by another parent. “I saw the video and I was like, this is terrible,” stated Gomez.