![]() ![]() Sims' daughter placed the device in her desk to record the school day. 10: Is your kid a bully? You could end up behind bars in a place in New York 18: Burger King sends anti-bullying message with beat-up burger The device “was a way to make sure the classroom was a safe place,” Sims’lawyer, Kristin Paulding, told CNN. “If I’m not getting an answer from you, what am I left to do?” she asked in a report from WAVY-TV, Portsmouth, Va. Sims said she called and emailed school officials this school year, but none of the queries were answered or calls returned. “I removed her from the school because she was refusing to go. “(My daughter) became very anxious about attending,” Sims told CNN. She claims the school did not notify her then. In third grade, her daughter “had been kicked in her stomach and hit with a jump rope on the playground,” the mom said. This isn’t the first time her daughter has faced bullying in school, Sims said. “I’m a full-time student, so I don’t always get the opportunity to be on the premises, and I thought that this would be a good way for me to learn the environment,” Sims told CNN on Monday. Sims, a student at Norfolk State University in Virginia, took matters into her own hands. 23: Melania Trump talks bullying in surprise visit to Michigan school 2: You won't believe how many Americans feel bullied at work 8: Cyberbullying's chilling trend: Teens target themselves online Now, the 47-year-old mother faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Sarah Sims of Norfolk, Va., placed a digital audio recorder in her daughter’s backpack in late September in hopes of capturing audio from the fourth-grader’s classroom. Ocean View Elementary School officials confiscated the device after finding it. Watch Video: Mom Sent Child to School With Recorder, Now Faces FelonyĪ Virginia mother is facing a felony charge after trying to help her 9-year-old daughter who complained of being bullied in school. ![]()
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