CORRECTION: The date of the first incident was incorrect in previous versions of this story.

A parent and an advocate of a Caesar Rodney High School special needs student whose beating Tuesday was captured on cellphone video want to know why the school has not taken further action to protect the boy.

"The school is doing nothing, and they have suspended my son," said the mother of the 14-year-old boy who was beaten.

Both the mother and advocate, Diane Eastburn, said they will appeal the in-school suspension the boy received for using foul language.

Caesar Rodney School District officials said an investigation by both the school and Delaware State Police has resulted in disciplinary action and an arrest.

"Fights of this nature, while rare are unacceptable and are not tolerated in Caesar Rodney," said Kevin Fitzgerald, superintendent of the school district, in a written statement. "The District will continue to work hard to ensure the safety of our students.”

He added: "This situation in no way is related to the recent mascot post."

The post showed the Caesar Rodney Rider mascot holding a sign with a racial slur on it. Two students have been identified and suspended, Caesar Rodney School District officials said Thursday afternoon.

Eastburn and the boy's mother agreed the pummeling and mascot incident were not related, but she said there is ongoing racial tension at the high school in Camden.

"There just seems to be some really bad undertones at that school right now," Eastburn said. Both the mother and Eastburn said the video is titled "White boy take down" on Oovoo, a video chat and messaging platform.

District officials did not respond to the tensions expressed by Eastburn and the mother.

Eastburn, a Kent County parent who represents families who have students with disabilities, said the school "has downplayed this" incident of fighting.

On Sept. 29, the boy was making his way toward some girls at the school when he was confronted by a Caesar Rodney High School student and told not to harass the girls, Eastburn said.

The two boys exchanged some words, and it ended there with the boy speaking to the girls and the student walking away, she said.

On Tuesday, the boy was sitting in a cafeteria booth with three girls, Eastburn said. That's when the same student from Sept. 29 walked up to him again and more words were exchanged.

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The mother and Eastburn both admit that the boy used the word "bitch" when the other boy was egging him on. But shortly after that, Eastburn and the mother said the student walked away and the son remained seated with the girls.

The boy thought nothing more, figuring it ended like the Sept. 29 incident.

But shortly after that, the student attacked the boy from behind and continued punching him, forcing the boy out of the booth and onto the cafeteria floor, where the student kept punching.

The boy's parents asked the high school for video of the incident, but were told by officials that they did not have any in that area, Eastburn said. The boy's parents were left to believe that the incident was not that severe and that the other boy might be charged with offensive touching.

State police confirmed an incident between a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old student occurred in the high school cafeteria about 12:35 p.m. Tuesday.

"The students exchanged words just prior to the 15-year-old student punching the 14-year-old male student," said Master Cpl. Gary Fournier, a state police spokesman. "The 15-year-old male student was issued a criminal summons for offensive touching and released to a parent."

On Thursday, the boy's mother was contacted by another parent and told that her child had shown her a cellphone recording of the incident. The video was forwarded to the mother via Facebook messenger.

"So yesterday they see the video, and obviously it's much more horrific than the school wanted to portray," Eastburn said.

The video, which was provided to The News Journal, shows the 15-year-old boy repeatedly punching the younger boy in the back of the head. The younger boy is on the cafeteria floor and is not fighting back in the 13-second clip.

Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.