Melissa Altman says her three children have been treated unfairly by both students and school officials in Grant County for years.

Altman is now suing the Grant County School District, its superintendent and the principal at Mason Corinth Elementary School.

 

"You can't deny these children an education. It's the only way that your children are going to make it is by going off to college and getting an education,” Altman said. “And they're denying my children this because of skin tone."

 

Altman went on to say she's contacted her children's principal and superintendent because of a list of things from racial slurs by other students and teachers, to her children's clothes being ripped while riding the school bus.

 

Altman gave one example in detail.

 

"He was in the first grade. Students on the bus took a black permanent marker to his face, colored it in, dragged him to the back of the bus. High school kids. The high school and elementary ride the same bus," Altman said.

 

Altman's attorney, Eric Deters, says they want the school district to recognize there's a problem – implement change – and then give compensation for her children.

 

"When we read the narrative that she put together of what happened, just heart broken. I immediately placed myself in her shoes," Deters said.

 

Altman says the lawsuit may make her family a bigger target, but it's something she had to do.

 

"That's my job as their mother,” she said.

 

“That's my job is to protect them. Make sure they get an education. Prepare them for the world when they become 18," Altman said.

 

Officials at the Grant County School District say they have not been officially served the complaint. Therefore, they have no comment.

 

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According to the census report on Grant Co., the population is about 12 percent black. I know it definitely wasn't 20 years ago when we played against their teams, but Grant has nearly doubled in size since then. Guessing there's some growing pains going on as new arrivals shake things up there.

Life's tough. Deal with it.

Eric Deters is her attorney. Should be interesting. Love him or hate him, he makes things interesting.

Life's tough. Deal with it.

 

"He was in the first grade. Students on the bus took a black permanent marker to his face, colored it in, dragged him to the back of the bus. High school kids. The high school and elementary ride the same bus," Altman said.

 

 

Let me get this straight. Your child marries an African American and your grandchildren are "light skinned." Your grandchild , a first grader, gets pulled to the back of the bus by a high school kid an has his/her face colored with magic marker hearing racial slurs and all you'll say to your child and granchild is "life's tough deal with it?"

 

I don't buy that for one second. No way.

Sounds like a bunch of bull. Deters continues to try to make a name for himself.

"He was in the first grade. Students on the bus took a black permanent marker to his face, colored it in, dragged him to the back of the bus. High school kids. The high school and elementary ride the same bus," Altman said.

 

 

Let me get this straight. Your child marries an African American and your grandchildren are "light skinned." Your grandchild , a first grader, gets pulled to the back of the bus by a high school kid an has his/her face colored with magic marker hearing racial slurs and all you'll say to your child and granchild is "life's tough deal with it?"

 

I don't buy that for one second. No way.

 

If the claimed incident did in fact occur, of course it should be remedied. Remember, it's just a claim at this point. I made my comment solely because I have doubts about its legitimacy. The claimant alleges the abuse occurred over "years". Really? And you just now decided to do something about it? Sounds like somebody needs some college tuition money. However, if this case turns out to be legitimate, I'll take my crow pie with whipped topping and a nice Frangelica to finish.

Where is the father in this case? If these where my kids I'm on it day one. Something don't sound right.

School district is going to be in a tough spot as confidentiality guidelines will prevent them from saying much of anything about the cases while the mother will be able to say whatever she wants.

 

Remember that there is a good chance that what is said in the media will be very one-sided.

If the claimed incident did in fact occur, of course it should be remedied. Remember, it's just a claim at this point. I made my comment solely because I have doubts about its legitimacy. The claimant alleges the abuse occurred over "years". Really? And you just now decided to do something about it? Sounds like somebody needs some college tuition money. However, if this case turns out to be legitimate, I'll take my crow pie with whipped topping and a nice Frangelica to finish.

 

Gotcha.

Life's tough. Deal with it.

 

So it is okay for high schoolers to treat a 1st grader that way? You can't be serious?

I think that if I had dpobts about the legitimacy of the claim, my response would have been something along the lines of, say, "I have doubts about the legitimacy of the claim". As opposed to "deal with" face marking and dragging.

 

But that's just me.:thumb:

 

I will most definitely concede that there's something fishy in Denmark.

So it is okay for high schoolers to treat a 1st grader that way? You can't be serious?

 

See Post #7

I think that if I had dpobts about the legitimacy of the claim, my response would have been something along the lines of, say, "I have doubts about the legitimacy of the claim". As opposed to "deal with" face marking and dragging.

 

But that's just me.:thumb:

 

I will most definitely concede that there's something fishy in Denmark.

 

I'll admit I didn't properly preface that comment.:cry:

"He was in the first grade. Students on the bus took a black permanent marker to his face, colored it in, dragged him to the back of the bus. High school kids. The high school and elementary ride the same bus," Altman said.

 

 

Let me get this straight. Your child marries an African American and your grandchildren are "light skinned." Your grandchild , a first grader, gets pulled to the back of the bus by a high school kid an has his/her face colored with magic marker hearing racial slurs and all you'll say to your child and granchild is "life's tough deal with it?"

 

I don't buy that for one second. No way.

 

I'll second that. A high school kid doing that to a first grader. Totally uncalled for!!!