When Jada, a 10-year-old Black student, started at Wildwood Elementary—a high-performing, majority-white school in Chicago—she just wanted a great education. What she got instead was relentless, racist bullying.

Her classmates called her a monkey, told her to kill herself, and used the N-word on school computers. She reported it. She cried in class. She told staff she feared for her safety. She even wrote about ending bullying in a school assignment.

But for two years, school officials failed to stop it.

Jada’s own school records show she expressed suicidal thoughts four times in fifth grade. Her mom, Tasha Hinton, says the school told her about only one. She found out the full extent of what her daughter endured only when Jada turned 13.

CPS has policies to protect students like Jada. But they weren’t enforced. Staff downplayed abuse, held “peace circles,” and even confronted Jada in front of her bullies, violating district guidelines. The Office of Student Protections didn’t investigate most of her reports.

This isn’t just about one school. It’s about whether Black children are safe, seen, and protected in every CPS classroom—especially in schools where they are the only ones.

We demand CPS immediately investigate Jada’s case, release accountability reports on Wildwood’s handling of identity-based bullying, and commit to real consequences for racial harassment—not just training or apologies.

Jada asked for help and no one listened. We can’t let that happen again.

Sign now to tell CPS: do your job, protect our kids, and give Jada the justice she was denied.

Because no child should suffer in silence. And no parent should find out years too late.