10-Year-Old Girl Says School Did Nothing To Stop Bully

February 21, 2012 12:00 AM " LYNWOOD, Ill. (CBS) - A young girl was attacked in gym class and she said a school bully is to blame.

Elisa Ramirez said the same boy has been bullying her for years, but this time he hit her hard in her face, narrowly avoiding a major eye injury.

CBS 2′s Dave Savini discovered that, until he got involved, little was done to help Elisa.

“I try and stand up for myself, but I’m scared, too,” Elisa said.

Elisa, a 5th grader at Sandridge School in Lynwood, said years of verbal abuse by the same boy has taken its toll on her.

“He calls me fat, ugly, stupid,” Elisa said. “All he does is call me fat every day. … He, like, always has to make fun of me and say, ‘Don’t eat all the food big girl’ and stuff, and I’m like, ‘I’m not,’ so I just quit eating.”

She said officials at Sandridge did not take her seriously about the verbal abuse, and then last month her alleged bully got physical and whipped her face with a jump rope handle. The bruises were still on her face a week after it happened "

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