Mother of girl stabbed 14 TIMES on her way to gym class sues Georgia middle school for negligence because teachers failed to act when they were told attacker had a knife

• Mother is suing Ola Middle School in Henry County for $3 million after her daughter was stabbed 14 times 
• Girl required plastic surgery for stab wounds to her face, neck, breasts and back after classroom attack in front of baying students 
• Attacker  had been spotted making threats with a knife the previous day but was still allowed in, lawsuit claims 

Teachers at a Georgia middle school are accused of ignoring repeated warnings that a student was armed with a knife and threatening other pupils before she stabbed a girl 14 times.

Ashley Wilson said her daughter suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries and has ‘scars everywhere’ after the attack at Ola Middle School in Henry County.

The girl was stabbed in the face, neck, breasts and torso, leaving her needing 18 stitches in one back wound alone.

Wilson said her daughter would have died had it not been for a courageous 13-year-old who stepped in as others watched on.

The mother is now suing the school for $3 million over the March 15 attack which required extensive plastic surgery.

‘Her blonde hair was no longer blonde. It was red,’ she said.

‘The clothes she went to school with that day were not on her. She was bandaged up. You couldn’t see really any part of her face at all. She was just covered in blood everywhere.

‘My child was attacked because they weren’t able to do what they were supposed to do,’ Wilson told FOX 5.

‘I want justice for my daughter, but I also want them to be held accountable so that this doesn’t happen to anybody else’s kid.’

Wilson’s lawsuit alleges that a school resource officer spotted the eighth-grade attacker with a knife making threats against other students one day before her daughter was stabbed.

The officer told school authorities who were warned again when the attacker brought the blade to school on the day of the attack.

Wilson’s daughter was not even the primary target of her attacker who began harassing her as she walked to gym class, according to the lawsuit.

She tried to walk away and repeatedly asked the attacker to leave her alone as teachers watched on.

A fight then broke out in front of a baying crowd of students, some of whom filmed the attack.

The attacker held her victim down and stabbed her in the face, neck, breasts and torso, and back.

Wilson’s attorney, Andrew Gould, accused the school of failing to protect students.

‘Of course, the administrators knew the knife was on campus and did nothing,’ he said.

‘And then the knife was brought back on the 15th to be used against [the victim’s] friend.

‘And again, the administrators knew about it, did nothing.’

Wilson’s daughter needed plastic surgery to repair her breast, face and head, and had staples across the top of her head to repair a gash.

The family has moved out of Henry County and is now home schooling their daughter who is seeing a psychologist to tackle night terrors, panic attacks and anxiety.

‘It’s a lot to explain to a kid and to help a kid cope with, and to be their parent and watch them hurt,’ her mother told atlantanewsfirst.com.

‘You kind of just take it day-by-day.’

Wilson’s attorney said the victim ‘has scars everywhere,’ including one on her face that is ‘the primary concern of the young lady’ because it ‘remains noticeable to this day.’

Henry County Schools are fighting the lawsuit claiming that neither ‘the County or any County employees are legally responsible’.

In a video statement recorded in the aftermath of the attack, Henry County Schools Superintendent Mary Elizabeth Davis said ‘schools are designed to be centers of quality education and safe havens for young people to develop, grow, and succeed’.

‘Henry County Schools makes a daily commitment to be a district where every student is valued and knows that they belong,’ she added.

‘As your superintendent, I accept the responsibility for creating the systems that ensure students learn at high levels and that students have opportunities to succeed. But my first and most significant responsibility is to ensure a safe school for every one of our nearly 44,000 students.’

Gould said that the lawsuit was being brought in part because teachers themselves are at risk of knife violence in schools.

‘The administrators did nothing, no investigation, no administrative search, did not notify parents,’ he added.

‘Once they were notified about this dangerous weapon being on campus, they were supposed to act … but they didn’t, and that’s why we brought the lawsuit.’