Bus Monitor Sent to the Emergency Room with Bite Marks After Allegedly Being Attacked by a Student and Her Mother

A conflict connected a schoolhouse autobus successful New Orleans landed a show successful nan hospital.

An altercation betwixt a autobus monitor, a student and nan student’s mother allegedly happened connected an Orleans Parish schoolhouse autobus connected Thursday, Aug. 21, according to WVUE.

The autobus monitor, identified arsenic Tamika Jackson, went to nan emergency room aft nan incident pinch aggregate injuries, including wound marks and scratches, nan outlet reported.

The student progressive successful nan alleged incident attends McDonogh 35 College Preparatory High School, a section charter schoolhouse governed by InspireNOLA Charter Schools.

Tamika’s husband, Johnny Jackson, elaborate her injuries to WVUE, claiming, "They pulled her hairsbreadth out. They spot her successful her face, connected her lips, connected her thumbs, [and] scratched [her] face. She has a ample gash moving crossed her face."

PEOPLE reached retired to McDonogh 35 College Preparatory High School and nan New Orleans Police Department for much accusation connected Sunday, Aug. 24, but did not person an contiguous response.

In a connection to PEOPLE, InspireNOLA said it is "actively investigating" nan incident.

“InspireNOLA Charter Schools is alert of an unfortunate incident that took spot Thursday day connected a schoolhouse autobus transporting students," nan connection said. "We are actively investigating nan matter successful collaboration pinch nan schoolhouse autobus institution and section authorities. The information and well-being of our students and unit stay a apical priority.”

According to Tamika's husband, nan altercation occurred because his woman told nan student she couldn’t beryllium successful nan past 2 rows of nan bus. The student past called her mother, who boarded nan autobus during a extremity later successful nan route.

Tamika suspected that nan students "may beryllium doing immoderate lewd acts toward nan backmost of nan bus," which is why she told nan student she couldn’t beryllium successful her desired seat, Johnny explained to WVUE.

When detailing nan fight, nan hubby said nan student's mother "just reaches retired and hits [Tamika] successful nan face, and past nan battle occurs, truthful now nan girl joins nan fray.”

A video of nan incident obtained by WVUE shows nan autobus show being deed and tackled by nan student and nan genitor connected a nearly-empty bus. Another big appeared to beryllium connected nan bus, though they kept their region from nan fight. 

As nan altercation continued, nan autobus show could beryllium seen being deed many times successful nan caput by a woman.

WVUE obtained photos of Tamika aft nan incident, 1 of which shows her pinch cuts connected her articulator and face. A 2nd photograph shows a bald spot connected her head, seemingly from wherever her hairsbreadth was pulled. 

"What’s happening pinch our youth? How disrespectful our younker person become, and rebellious," Johnny said of nan incident. 

Johnny told WVUE that nan New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) issued his woman a municipal tribunal summons successful narration to nan incident.

He claimed nan officers who responded to nan altercation, arsenic good arsenic nan constabulary captain, told him that "until they get video footage, they person to dainty this arsenic a regular fight, which is insane knowing that my woman is astatine work."

The constabulary department, which did not respond to PEOPLE's petition for comment, said location are nary reports successful their strategy related to nan incident, per WVUE.