A small Illinois community is demanding answers after a deeply troubling incident at Thomasboro Grade School left parents shaken and questioning whether the school is doing enough to protect their children.
The situation came to light when James Miller, a parent of one of the students involved, took to social media to share what had happened.
According to Miller, a child at the school created a death list and placed the names of two other students on it.
What made the situation worse, in the eyes of many parents, was not just the list itself but how the school handled it.
Miller stated that it took the school two full hours to contact the parents of the children named on the list, and the student responsible was sent back to class that same day without being removed from the school.
“The school is literally doing absolutely nothing about it,” Miller wrote. “We have made a police report and are having it turned into the state attorney’s office. We are pursuing this along with the school board.”
Miller’s wife, Amanda, added to the growing frustration by sharing that their son has been bullied at Thomasboro Grade School since he first enrolled. She described a pattern of incidents, including bathroom pranks, being pulled off the playground, and being hit during a PE class.
According to Amanda, the PE teacher confirmed the hit was not an accident. Despite repeated issues, she says students who carry out these acts face little to no consequences.
“The kid that wrote the note even got to finish the rest of the day in class,” Amanda wrote. “Kids that do things at this school have no repercussion for what they do.”
Other parents quickly chimed in with their own experiences. Jenna Musgrave shared that her son was threatened by a student who told him he would be hunted down with a gun.
She said the school informed her there was no specific policy for disciplinary action and that it was left entirely to the administration to decide how to respond.
The student was kept out of school for only one day, prompting Musgrave to transfer her son to a private school the following year.
Britt Blakely revealed a separate pattern of disturbing behavior targeting her child.
“There have been numerous times my child was called the N word, a porch monkey,” she wrote, adding that everything had been under investigation for two years with no resolution in sight.
Jessica Renee said the bullying situation at Thomasboro was so bad that she pulled her son out entirely and began homeschooling him three years ago, saying she never looked back.
Melissa Coulter, a mother of two children currently enrolled at the school, put it plainly.
“If this young child is making these sorts of statements, they need serious mental health help. I not only want my kids safe but I want this troubled child to get the help they deserve while it is not too late.”
Miller confirmed that the matter has been turned over to the state attorney’s office and that he intends to pursue every available legal avenue.
For many Thomasboro parents, the message is clear. The school has a serious problem, and the community is no longer willing to stay quiet about it.
