That Tuesday afternoon, she said, she met her son at his bus stop. As he stepped off, he looked as if he were about to burst into tears.
When she asked him what was wrong, Lynch said, he told her another boy had choked him and taken his new gloves. Lynch said she stormed up to the bus driver and asked him what he saw.
“He just smiled and shrugged," she said. Lynch said she called the school repeatedly but got no answer.
The following Monday, Lynch said, she told her older son, who is 11, to take Mark to the principal’s office and explain what happened.
“I just thought they were going to call the parents, tell us both to come in and make the boys shake hands," Lynch said. At best, she said the other boy would apologize and return her son’s gloves.
Instead, Lynch said, officials kept him inside the office and began questioning him.
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“[Gant] said, ‘It doesn’t matter who hit who first,’" Lynch said. “‘He said he hit him in the testicles. That’s assault. That’s sexual assault.’"
“I said: ‘The kid choked my son first and that’s called attempted murder. He said he couldn’t breathe,’" Lynch said.
That day, Lynch said her older son came home from school with a letter from Gant, telling her that Mark had been accused of violating codes of discipline related to sexual harassment and endangering the physical safety of another student.
The school could suspend him or transfer him to another school, the letter stated.
Boston Globe
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