A woman faces charges and the Yonkers School District is facing a lawsuit over an ugly incident involving a 13-year-old girl.
YONKERS , N.Y. -- A Westchester County mother says a group of adults verbally and physically assaulted her daughter on school grounds.One woman is now facing charges, and the Yonkers School District is facing a lawsuit.Alenna Merritt said Monday she can't help but feel she let her daughter down, following an ugly incident on April 18 at Yonkers Montessori Academy.
The tense scene lasted five minutes and Merritt says no one from the school stepped in.'You're telling me five adults with a child screaming at the top of her lungs, 'It's not me! I don't want to fight your child!' Not one security officer heard this? Not one adult?' Merritt said.
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