俄亥俄州校车上十年级女生遭男同学殴打视频疯传：学区为通知迟延致歉，校车助理停职待查
俄亥俄州马霍宁县扬斯敦市一辆开往Mahoning Valley Community School的校车上，一名十年级女生于11月6日（周五）遭一名男同学殴打，过程被同车学生拍成视频、传上社交平台后疯传。据《纽约邮报》报道，Boardman Local学区现已启动调查，事发时在车上的校车助理已被停职，调查结果出来前不返岗。
视频显示，这名男生反复拳打脚踢这名女生，车上其他学生起初还在发笑，直到他对女生锁喉，才有人喊出「冷静点」。两名学生都就读于Boardman Local学区，通过两家机构之间的服务协议在Mahoning Valley Community School上课，该校是一所招收七至十二年级学生的公立高中，校车接送由学区提供。报道没有公布两名学生的姓名。
女生的继父对WKBN-TV说，他直到11月11日（周三）、事发五天后才了解到事情的全部经过，女儿曾被送往医院检查伤势。他批评此事是沟通与保护上的全面失灵，并说车上的助理本应是第二双眼睛，而不是一部不能保护学生的手机镜头。
Boardman Local学区在给FOX 8的声明中，为「在及时通知家长一事上的迟延」致歉，并说校车工作人员当时通知了学校行政人员，但事情的严重程度没有得到充分传达。学区同时说，事发后没有收到学生受伤的报告，目前正在检讨通知与校车接送流程，确认问题出在哪里、是否需要改进。学区还说，事发时司机无法立即靠边停车，但在冲突开始后不久就停了车。
Mahoning Valley Community School校长Jennifer Merritt也发表声明说，该校对「学校忽视此事或没有妥善回应」的说法感到关切，并说学校受联邦与州的学生保密规定约束，能公开的个案情况、纪律事项与应对措施有限，无法公开讨论不应被误解为漠不关心。截至报道发出时，调查仍在进行，两家机构都没有公布对涉事学生的纪律处分结果。
Viral Video of 10th-Grade Girl Beaten on Ohio School Bus: District Apologizes for Delayed Notice, Bus Aide Placed on Leave
A 10th-grade girl was beaten by a male student on a school bus taking students to Mahoning Valley Community School in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, on Friday, November 6, in an attack filmed by another student on the bus and shared on social media, where it went viral. According to the New York Post, the Boardman Local School District has opened an investigation, and the bus aide who was on board has been placed on leave pending the outcome.
The video showed the boy repeatedly punching and kicking the girl while other students could be heard laughing, until he put her in a chokehold and someone said, "Chill." Both students are enrolled in the Boardman Local School District and attend classes at Mahoning Valley Community School, a public high school serving grades 7 through 12, under a service agreement between the two institutions, with the district providing bus transportation. The reports did not name either student.
The girl's stepfather told WKBN-TV that he did not learn the full extent of what happened until Wednesday, November 11, five days after the incident, and that she was taken to a hospital to check the severity of her injuries. He called it a complete failure to communicate and protect, and said the aide should have acted as a second pair of eyes, not as a phone camera that cannot defend the students.
In a statement to FOX 8, the Boardman Local School District apologized for "the delay in promptly notifying parents of the incident," and said that while bus staff notified Community School administrators, the severity of the incident was not adequately communicated. The district also said no student injuries were reported following the incident, and that it is reviewing both notification and transportation procedures to determine what happened and whether improvements are needed. It said the driver was unable to pull over right away during the assault but stopped shortly after the altercation began.
Jennifer Merritt, the superintendent of Mahoning Valley Community School, also released a statement. She said the school is concerned by public assertions that it has ignored the incident or failed to respond appropriately, and that federal and state student confidentiality requirements limit what schools can publicly disclose about individual student circumstances, disciplinary matters and actions taken in response, adding that an inability to discuss those matters publicly should not be mistaken for indifference or inaction. The investigation was still under way when the reports were published, and neither institution had announced any disciplinary outcome for the students involved.
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