Hilda Lozano is heartbroken. Her 14-year-old son, Michael Lozano, took his water bottle out in the locker room. When he went to take a sip, he noticed it smelled. Michael poured some of the contents out into the floor drain — it was yellow.
The teenager realized someone had dumped his water out and urinated into the bottle.
"He said he smelled it…and it smelled bad and then he poured it out in the drain holes inside of the gym so the water goes in, and it was yellow and foamy," Hilda told KTXL.
Michael frantically called his mother, who happened to be at school in a meeting. Hilda told Michael to go to the office; it was there that she believes the injustice began.
"Apparently the school's vice principal took the bottle from him, poured out the urine, and then washed the bottle with soap and water and then sent him to me. Then when I got out of a meeting I went to look for her. [I was told] 'no..not available.' I ask 'can I speak to another principal?' … 'No they're all in a meeting.' Every single principal's in a meeting? They said yes," she recalled.
Hilda is shocked at the school's dismissiveness. Just the next day, someone went into Michael's lunch box and rummaged through his items, leaving sealed contents open.
But there's good news. While the school has a lackluster response in their opinion, the fellow students are stepping up. Many of Michael's peers plan on wearing blue in solidarity with him to take a stance against bullying.
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