CASTAIC, Calif. -- An 11-year-old Castaic Middle School student says she has become part of an alarming new trend called "scooping," which involves inappropriate touching by fellow students.
Chris Dawson says he was "shocked" when his daughter told him she was "scooped" by a fellow 6th grader.
"Scooping" is when male students reach around a girl's shoulder, grabbing her breasts or reaching under her skirt to touch her private parts.
Dawson's daughter says she was leaning over at her locker when a boy grabbed her breasts.
"It freaked me out a lot that he would do that because I didn't know what it was," the girl, who wished to remain unidentified, said.
She also says she was afraid to report the incident.
"I was just kind of like scared of what would happen, like, if he would do anything to me back if I told on him."
Many parents consider scooping sexual assault.
Dawson says the school told him the student in question would be dealt with harshly and that they would follow up with him a week later. That never happened, he claims.
School administrators would not issue a statement due to confidentiality rules, but they told KTLA that the school takes situations like this very seriously.
They also said they didn't realize a parent was upset.
Dawson says it has gotten to the point where he's trying to put his daughter in a different school.
There are rumors that the boy accused in the incident was suspended for two days, however, that information was not clear.
Chris Dawson says he was "shocked" when his daughter told him she was "scooped" by a fellow 6th grader.
"Scooping" is when male students reach around a girl's shoulder, grabbing her breasts or reaching under her skirt to touch her private parts.
Dawson's daughter says she was leaning over at her locker when a boy grabbed her breasts.
"It freaked me out a lot that he would do that because I didn't know what it was," the girl, who wished to remain unidentified, said.
She also says she was afraid to report the incident.
"I was just kind of like scared of what would happen, like, if he would do anything to me back if I told on him."
Many parents consider scooping sexual assault.
Dawson says the school told him the student in question would be dealt with harshly and that they would follow up with him a week later. That never happened, he claims.
School administrators would not issue a statement due to confidentiality rules, but they told KTLA that the school takes situations like this very seriously.
They also said they didn't realize a parent was upset.
Dawson says it has gotten to the point where he's trying to put his daughter in a different school.
There are rumors that the boy accused in the incident was suspended for two days, however, that information was not clear.
