ROSENBERG, Texas – A Richmond mother says her 9-year-old son walked into class looking for help and walked out in tears.

She says the person who hurt him wasn’t another student — it was his teacher.

Now Lamar Consolidated ISD confirms it’s investigating, while education experts say this case highlights the need for stronger protections when bias-based bullying reaches the classroom.

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“He told me his teacher said the reason kids call him gay is because of how he walks.”

Shai Jones says her son Chance had already been bullied for months. Other students at his elementary school mocked the way he walked and talked, calling him gay in front of classmates.

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