Exclusive: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has ordered the school district to take some responsibility for the brutal assault of a St. Louis teen after a video of her being slammed head-first into a sidewalk by another student went viral. began an investigation.
On Thursday, Bailey told Fox News Digital exclusively that he would launch an investigation into how the Hazelwood School District and its DEI program contributed to safety deficiencies after the violent attack.
Bailey’s staff told Fox News Digital, “Hazelwood owes the school district’s parents and the community at large an explanation of what role these radical plans and safety deficiencies played here. “This is the focus of the investigation,” he said, emphasizing that this is the focus of the investigation.
In a letter to Hazelwood School District (HSD) Superintendent Dr. Nettie Collins-Hart, Bailey said the district is ignoring long-standing Missouri law and promoting political advocacy over student safety. He said he was upset after seeing this.
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Bailey said the district has an obligation to explain to parents how radical programs play a role in student safety. (Google Maps/Getty Images)
Bailey said that in 2020, the HSD school board adopted a “statement of solidarity” that affected the district, specifically classifying and treating students differently based on race. “Recruit, hire, and promote” employees based on race and “re-evaluate” the relationship between districts and local police departments.
Hazelwood Schools will remove uniformed police officers from the school starting in the 2021 school year after unsuccessful attempts to have school resource officers (SROs) comply with the district’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program, according to Bailey. It is said that he did. He said there was no school resource officer at the school when the victim was attacked.
“At the time of writing this article, [the victim] He remains in critical condition at a St. Louis area hospital. Especially when attacking, [the victim]The incident was videotaped by other students, but no school staff were present at the scene for protection. [the victim] Or restore order,” Bailey said.
Bailey said the district is putting student safety at risk because of this.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is investigating the Hazelwood School District after 16-year-old high school student Caylee was brutally assaulted in a video that went viral. AG Bailey disclosed details of the investigation Thursday in a letter to the district’s superintendent, Dr. Nettie Collins Hart. (hazelwoodschools.org/Google Maps)
“The lack of an SRO on site is a direct result of Hazelwood’s insistence on prioritizing race-based policies over the basic safety of students. HSD is jeopardizing student safety by its actions. but also [the victim]But the general school community denounced it loudly,” Bailey said.
Bailey said the investigation will determine whether the district violated the Missouri Human Rights Act, which “guarantees the right of all Missourians to be free from discrimination and to the full enjoyment of public accommodations.” said.
Mr. Bailey then asked the district to turn over a range of records related to bullying, anti-bullying and harassment, and student violence, records related to decisions to remove law enforcement from schools, and records related to the district’s anti-discrimination policies and DEI measures. demanded. plan.
“By promoting DEI and removing uniformed officers from campus in 2021, this school has taken some responsibility for this incident. There has been no substantive apology to the victims of this violent attack.This school is held accountable.”Parents in the district must understand what role these radical plans and safety flaws played here. Please explain how you have achieved this,” Mr Bailey previously said.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is investigating the Hazelwood School District after a 16-year-old student was violently slammed in the head on a sidewalk by another student. The fight was caught on camera and went viral online. (Graham Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Hazelwood East High School and the Hazelwood School District for comment on the attorney general’s investigation, but has not yet received a response.
Bailey added that suspects in the violent brawl should be tried as adults and charged with murder if the crime escalates to murder.
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An attorney for the victim, named Kaylee, and her family told Fox News Digital that Kaylee suffered a skull fracture, bleeding and swelling on the brain, and has not regained consciousness.
