Tiffany Holmes, a mom from the North Hall High School community, took to her Facebook page to share a harrowing story about what happened to her son Kason in class.
A paraprofessional and a varsity football coach, AJ Hendrix, passed some mean words to her son in his weightlifting class.
That’s when Tiffany didn’t hold back on the details and shared everything in her social media post.
It all happened in Kason’s weightlifting class, where the kids were discussing their personal records on deadlifts.
The whole class pointed to Kason as the strongest. But then AJ Hendrix, who’s a welding paraprofessional and also a varsity football coach, jumped in with some really mean words.
That’s when Hendrix passed some mean words right to Kason’s face in the room full of high school boys, saying:
You’re a fag. You’re going to be the one standing next to your boyfriend in a bar fight.
The room filled with high school boys burst out in laughter and started cracking jokes about it.
Tiffany couldn’t believe an adult, especially someone in charge like a coach, would say that to a kid.
She wrote that it made her blood boil just thinking about it, writing:
Now imagine a high school parapro/football coach saying this to your child during class with a room full of high school boys and everyone laughing and making jokes about it. How would you handle that??
Tiffany Holmes
After the incident, Tiffany and her family met with school officials, Billy Wells, and Sam Borg that morning to file a formal complaint against Hendrix.
They wanted answers. On top of that, firstly, Hendrix wasn’t in charge of the class, and secondly, why did he throw out a homophobic slur like that?
Tiffany also questioned how a guy full of that kind of anger can be trusted around kids.
She pointed out that coaches are supposed to lead by example, teaching respect and stopping bullying, not starting it with ugly jokes.
Hendrix did apologize to the class the next day, but Tiffany said that wasn’t enough. He never reached out to the parents to say sorry for hurting their son.
With frustration, she said:
It should be forgiven because you apologized the next day? Why didnt you reach out to the parents to apologize for your behavior?
Tiffany Holmes
This isn’t the first time North Hall has dealt with issues like this, Tiffany added.
The school has a history of brushing problems under the rug, especially with coaches. She’s seen it happen before and isn’t letting it slide now.
There’s an investigation underway, but she’s standing firm, advocating for her kids as she always has.
