Weeks after a mother was arrested for coaching her daughter during a caught-on-camera Brooklyn schoolyard brawl — and jumping in — the victim's family are expected to file a $5.5 million dollar notice of claim, the Daily News has learned.
Renee Tenpow's 13-year-old daughter lives in constant fear since she was beaten up in the playground of Roy H. Mann Middle School in Mill Basin.
"Towards the end of the school day, she's zoning out because she thinks something is going to happen to her again," said a concerned Tenpow, 38.
With three months left until graduation, Tenpow's daughter is always looking over her shoulder and sends check-in texts as she walks in the school's hallways to the next class.
"I talked to her about a possible safety transfer, but she says it makes no sense because no matter where she goes the girls will find her at the next school to fight her," said Tenpow.
Attorneys Sanford Rubenstein and Scott Rynecki are expected to file a $5.5 million dollar notice of claim against the city and the Department of Education on Monday for their failure to protect Tenpow's daughter.
"I want my child to get her mental health back in order, she's afraid all the time now," said Tenpow whose daughter is currently in counseling.
The weeks leading up to the Feb. 15 assault, administrators were warned by Tenpow about the parents of her daughter's attackers and failed to do anything.
The shocking caught-on-camera assault resulted in the arrest of Tameekah Douglas-Stanbury who was heard instructing her 13-year-old daughter to "get her, get her." Douglas-Stanbury, 38, was then seen participating in the brawl with an unidentified 20-year-old woman.
Renee Tenpow's 13-year-old daughter lives in constant fear since she was beaten up in a Brooklyn playground. (OBTAINED BY NY DAILY NEWS)
Tenpow's daughter suffered bumps and bruises all over her body.
Officials are seeking additional charges for Douglas-Stanbury and to arrest the other woman, said Tenpow, who met with prosecutors on March 20.
"The school dropped the ball after the first fight, they should of had mediation that never happened because they were afraid of the actions of the other parents who weren't interested in doing mediation," said Tenpow.
Three hours before the after-school fight, Douglas-Stanbury was overheard by other school administrators on the phone threatening violence, Tenpow said.
"Seven minutes before they fought my daughter they were there to attack another student, which school safety broke up that fight but didn't call the police and she remained on the property," said an outraged Tenpow.
According to the notice of claim — the first step required before a lawsuit is filed — the school's principal was aware that the atmosphere was tense after a Jan. 25 fight with Tenpow's daughter, her friend and two antagonizing students.
One of the alleged bully's fathers posted a video on social media on Jan. 26 threatening to shoot up the school if someone put their hands on his daughter. Tenpow immediately alerted the school's principal.
"There was more than one failure from the school. They had enough chance to call 911," said Tenpow, who turned the threat and fight videos over to Brooklyn prosecutors and police.
Roy H. Mann Middle School in Mill Basin. (TODD MAISEL/TODD MAISEL)
Roy H. Mann has struggled with violence for years.
The school was deemed persistently dangerous by state education department officials in 2006 and 2007.
Department of Education officials declined to comment on the recent incident citing federal student privacy laws.
Tenpow was later told that the father's rant was deemed a conditional threat, but since the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Feb. 14, officials have opened an investigation, she said.
"Regardless if it's a conditional threat or not that 'if' can go a long way. I will not stop until his man is at least questioned by police...no every day parent does something like this," said Tenpow.
A spokesman for the district attorney's office confirmed they met with Tenpow.
"We are pleased the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office is continuing its criminal investigation regarding this assault as well as the threats made captured on social media," said Rubenstein.
"The city will review the notice of claim if one is filed," said a spokesman with the city's law department.
The city paid $700,000 in 2016 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a former student who was blinded in one eye when other students assaulted him there in 2012.
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