Parent tells Mooresville board district ‘silent’ after alleged non‑consensual contact at Feb. 13 game

Anya Jones, a parent of a student at Mooresville High School, urged the Mooresville Graded School District board on March 3 to explain why district leaders did not notify families after what she described as non‑consensual physical contact by members of an opposing girls basketball team on Feb. 13.

Jones told the board that she and other parents informed the Mooresville athletic director, the principal at Lake Norman, and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association of the incidents the night they occurred, and that at least two other incidents that night were acknowledged by the district. "What I cannot understand and find acceptable is a district silence towards its own families," she said, adding that silence sent the message "our children did not matter enough."

Jones said the district did not communicate directly with the families of the affected Mooresville students and that parents who followed district guidance — "see something, say something" — received no response. She said one involved family pursued accountability through the sheriff’s office and asked the board to outline what follow‑up steps the district took and to commit to ensuring students do not feel dismissed or unprotected in the future. "I'm asking formally and publicly for follow‑up and then a district explain its silence, outline actions taken, and commit to ensuring that no student within this district ever feel dismissed or unprotected," she said.

Board members did not provide an immediate public response during the meeting. After Jones finished, the chair thanked her and the meeting moved on to the agenda items. The transcript shows no district staff or board member responding during the public‑comment period to the specific requests for explanation and follow‑up that Jones made.

The public comment period is an opportunity for parents and community members to raise concerns directly to the board at a public meeting; this comment, as presented, is the speaker’s account of the events and her view of the district’s follow‑up. The board's minutes and any subsequent communications from the superintendent's office or the athletic department would be the district's formal record of responses and actions taken.