DUNDALK, Md. — School is where children should be able to learn safely.
WATCH: Sandy Plains parents worried for children's safety after student attacks
But some parents at Sandy Plains Elementary School say their first graders have continually been attacked by another student.
Candace Middleton and Brett West told WMAR-2 News that their son has been targeted since the beginning of the school year.
"It started with just pushing, hitting, things like that at recess or just in the classroom. And then it escalated to where he's getting stabbed in the neck with a pencil, hit in the head with a chair, and then choked," Middleton said.
Destiny Herring said her son is also a victim.
"Every day of the week, I got a phone call from the nurse that my son was in the nurse. He was hit in the head, he was choked, he was punched in the stomach. That was just last week," Herring said.
They say the student has even hurt their children's teacher. Both mothers told WMAR-2 News that the school hasn't been receptive.
"When I'm talking to this principal, she's offing me to other people," Middleton said explaining how the principal would reportedly tell her to take her concerns to different people.
Herring said the principal assured her that the student would have a behavioral specialist with her at all times.
"So why that same day, two hours later after I left that meeting, my phone was being called stating my son was choked?"
A spokesperson for Baltimore County Public Schools says the school has been very responsive to parent concerns.
A letter from the principal told parents they're implementing seat changes in the classroom, classroom changes for specific students, adult supervision in the classroom and more.
But Middleton doesn't think it's enough.
"If she goes to another classroom, those are just new victims for her," she said.
"I would really like to see resources being used for a student that is clearly maybe just needs a bit of extra help," said West.
"If she's doing these things in school, God forbid she has access to guns or knives at home, and she brings one to school, and then what? Then it's too late," said Herring.
