By Meghan McCormick

Transcript Staff Writer

Kim Woods’ 14-year-old daughter is a sixth grade student at a Norman middle school and a victim of a bully, according to the mother.

Woods said her daughter was allegedly threatened by a male classmate two weeks ago and that the accused boy admitted to making the threat.

Woods said she spoke with the principal who told her the student was going to be punished for making the accused threat toward her daughter.

“The principal promised me that she wasn’t going to be seeing him for a while,” she said.

Woods said she was surprised when her daughter called her the next day from school and told her the boy was in class.

“I don’t think he was fairly punished,” Woods said. “It doesn’t seem like the punishment fit the crime.”

She said she kept her daughter home from school for two days following the incident. The mother considered transferring the teenager to another site, but the teen didn’t want to leave her friends.

Woods said since her daughter has returned to school, but the situation hasn’t changed much.

“She watches her back for him all the time,” the woman said.

Woods said the principal told her daughter if there were any more problems, to alert the principal. But the girl doesn’t feel that anything will be done to stop the bullying.

Norman Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Joe Siano said the incident was investigated. The principal spoke with both students and those who witnessed what transpired between both parties.

Siano said the principal also held a conference with the student accused of making the threat and his parents. The student was punished for his actions, Siano said.

The superintendent said by law, he is not able to reveal the punishment.