Second-graders said to be involved in violent incidents

SWAMPSCOTT – A second grade student at Hadley Elementary School was allegedly brutally assaulted by two classmates on the playground during school hours.The parents of the second grader filed an initial report with Swampscott Police, which alleges the 7-year-old was assaulted on March 13 and again on March 14 by two other second grade students.According to the report on March 13, the two alleged perpetrators tackled the alleged victim “rather violently” then jumped up and down on his back. A similar incident occurred on March 14 when the same two students allegedly tackled the victim to the ground, jumped up and down on his back and slammed his face into the ground, the report states.The parent who filed the police report said the injuries required medical treatment.Police Chief Ronald Madigan released a redacted copy of the initial report, which did not include the names of the alleged victim or assailants, in compliance with a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Item.According to one parent, who asked not to be identified, the alleged assailants have been suspended before for discipline problems.Hadley Principal Sandra Rivers said the matter is being handled internally and declined to comment further.Superintendent Matthew Malone said matters of student discipline are not public record and declined to comment.