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Mom wants school district to take responsibility for 'bullying' her

MONROEVILLE, Pa. — A Gateway parent is asking the district to take responsibility for allegedly bullying her after they say she broke the law by getting on her child’s bus without permission.

She claims that when the district didn’t do anything about her son being bullied by another child, she confronted the child on the bus.

As a result, she’s been banned from one of her children’s classrooms and told Channel 11 it isn’t fair.

"It's been a long journey and I just want to be involved in his second-grade class and they're taking everything away," said parent Tammy Aikins.

"There's just no reason to have my children be victims in bullying and then the mom stand up for the children, and then the district go after the mom," Aikins said.

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Aikins told Channel 11 it all started at the beginning of the school year. She said when her son was allegedly being bullied on the bus, she took matters into her own hands.

The Gateway School District sent Channel 11 a video showing the mother breaking the law by getting on the bus without permission.

As a result, the district restricted her from volunteering in one of her son's classrooms for the remainder of the school year.

The Gateway School District released the following statement:

"Mrs. Aikins is entitled to her opinion and interpretation of the events, but the district will not comment due to potential litigation. The District stands behind it's decision and the consequences set forth from this unacceptable behavior."

Aikins told Channel 11 she has retained a lawyer and is trying to appeal the district's decision.