Lesbian mom says daughter's beating caused by ineffective response from schools

When Virgina Gaffey's 8-year-old daughter was surrounded, smacked and shoved around by six boys and girls at recess last month, it wasn't the first time she had been harassed at the Tucker Elementary School.

It was a new school year, but the torment that started the year before when she transferred from a Catholic school escalated into a gang assault.