A terrified 6th grader from Florida was forced to move to Missouri after being savagely beaten by bullies in the school toilets.
Danielle Kicker said her 12-year-old was forced to flee the state after a shocking video of her savage beating went viral and haunted her across two Florida high schools.
The graphic footage, which appeared to have been captured on a cell phone, shows her screaming on the bathroom floor unable to defend herself as another child throws punches.
“It is absolutely the worst thing that I’ve ever had to go through,” Ms Kicker told WINK.
The devastated mom revealed how she noticed her daughter was withdrawing and was unwilling to attend her classes at Veteran’s Park Academy For the Arts.
When her daughter admitted that she was being bullied, the concerned mom immediately told administrators at the Lehigh County middle school.
Kicker was assured her little girl would be protected but within hours of the meeting she was brutally beaten in a school bathroom by a classmate.
Kicker also told WINK: “It was horrible. You didn’t know what to do. You didn’t know how to take the pain away.”
The mom then transferred her traumatized daughter to another school in a bid to give the youngster a fresh start, but her new classmates, who had seen the video, began bullying her too.
Desperate to spare her little girl anymore pain, Ms Kicker has removed her daughter from the second school and sent her to Missouri to stay with extended family while she comes up with a long-term plan.
“I have to ensure her that I can find a safe place for her to actually feel safe every day,” the mom said.
“I just want her to come home. I want her to have a safe place to come.”
School officials told the station that they were strengthening anti-bullying training for staff in response to the incident.
WINK uncovered dozens more videos of school beatings in the district across all age groups.
Local school board member, Armon Persons, told the outlet he believes cell phones are driving school disorder and that he would support having kids turn them in during class.
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