Two fifth-grade girls in Vallejo claim they were severely bullied by two brothers, including being called tramps and sluts and getting punched in the stomach, and their parents that the school didn't do enough to stop it. They're now demanding that the school expel the boys, and they've taken the issue to the media.
Bullying has of course been a nationwide topic for several years, and parents say that the Vallejo Unified School District has not done enough to combat the problem, or punish bullies. There was this incident in April in which 11-year-old Annisia Williams was viciously beaten by classmates at Hogan Middle School and it was all caught on video.
The most recent incidents involve Samantha Whitney and her friend Autumn Hartzell at Cooper Elementary School, and Samantha says one of the boys even pulled a knife on her once. Autumn even wrote a suicide note on one day in particular when one of the brothers started "humping" her desk, and she went home crying.
Both girls' parents said they registered numerous complaints with the school district, and one day, after one of the girls had her shirt torn after being chased on the playground, they went to the police. This could ultimately result in a lawsuit.
The school district claims they've done everything they can to address the issue.
