'So much pain': Dibble student feels ignored after assault allegations

DIBBLE, Okla. (KFOR) — A Dibble middle school student said he feels failed by his school district's method of discipline for another student he said assaulted him with a pencil.

JD Mott told News 4 the incident happened last month in class. Mott said he was playing a game in class that required getting up from his seat. Mott said when he returned to his seat after playing the game he felt something wrong.

"I sat down, and I felt pain," said JD Mott.

Mott said a student sitting behind him asked where their pencil was and he responded that the pencil was inside of him.

"The teacher told me to go to the office," said JD Mott. "I went to the bathroom first and by myself. I was trying to walk to the office and I was in so much pain."

Mott said the student he's accused of intentionally hurting him is typically nice and that he couldn't understand what would compel them to do harm to him.

Mott's mother, Amanda Mott, spoke with News 4 Tuesday as well, saying that he had to be taken to the hospital after the incident to have the pencil removed.

"We took him to Purcell," said Amanda Mott. "To be honest, they had never seen anything to that extent. The pencil went six to seven inches into his bottom. That's how bad it was."

News 4 asked JD how he's healed since the incident.

"I'm doing better," said JD Mott. "It still hurts to sit, but I've been taking it nice and slow. I still can't run but I can walk."

The Mott's said they filed a police report, but that the only discipline they had been made aware of regarding the accused student was a few days of in-school suspension.

Amanda Mott said she didn't believe the discipline was fair.

"I'm not asking for the child to be in a lot of trouble, but to at least let him know that if this pencil could have gone any, even a little bit further, it would have been probably surgery."

News 4 reached out to the Dibble Superintendent Chad Clanton's office and received the following comment:

"The district is aware of the incident. We have addressed it. It's been turned over to law enforcement."

Dibble Public Schools Superintendent Chad Clanton

JD Mott told News 4 that regardless of how things proceed, the damage to the end of his school year and body is already done.

"I felt nervous when I went back my first time because I was afraid people were going to make fun of me, which they still do," said JD Mott.