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(Erin Kirkland | The Flint Journa)

Editor's note: This story has been updated with comments from a parent of a child involved in the incident

DeWitt, MI -- Officials and parents are looking for answers following reports that students at DeWitt Junior High School formed a human wall to block minority students from getting to their destinations the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Corina Gonzalez says her 12-year-old daughter -- who is Hispanic -- was stopped from going to her locker Wednesday morning by a group of boys who told her to go back to her country and that they were going to "make America great again."

The incident is just one of what appears to be a handful of racially-motivated confrontations that happened at the school the morning after Tuesday's presidential election.

There have also been reports of students encountering similar situations when walking into the school Wednesday morning.

Gonzalez says she met with school officials twice on Wednesday to discuss the incident involving her daughter, but is not happy with how the district has handled its investigation.

"You can never take back what's been done to her. You can't take back that she's endured racism at the age of 12," Gonzalez said.

During the meetings, Gonzalez says school officials confirmed they have identified some of the people who made racist comments to other students, but would not share with her what disciplinary actions have been taken.

"I don't feel like I can give my daughter the justice she deserves if I can't show her that the people who use these actions are facing the consequences," Gonzalez said.

The school district near Lansing sent a message to parents Wednesday evening addressing the situation. DeWitt Junior High School principal Keith Cravotta sent the message shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, several hours after the incident took place.

"After the school day, it was brought to our attention that some students made a choice to act in a disrespectful manner on the way into the school building this morning," Cravotta wrote in an email obtained from a parent by The Ann Arbor News and MLive.com. "Our initial understanding is that this situation was related to the presidential election. We are investigating the situation and will be dealing with it appropriately."

The message sent to DeWitt Junior High School parents regarding an incident on Nov. 9, 2016.

DeWitt Superintendent John Deiter and Cravotta were not immediately available for comment.

"Tomorrow, we will be reminding all students that it is important that we respect each other at all times here at Dewitt Junior High School," Cravotta wrote.

While the district is acknowledging that an incident took place, Gonzalez and other parents say the district's reactions are not strong enough.

"I'm very disgusted at the way this whole situation is being handled," said Kellie Demmers, who is a parent of a DeWitt School District student.

Demmers believes there should be disciplinary action against the students involved, but not exclusively related to suspensions.

"I understand kids learn it at home, and I get that, but there has to be some sort of consequences at school or some sort of counseling," Demmers said.

In a separate incident, Demmers said her daughter, who is Asian-American, was told by another student Wednesday that she should be deported.

"She came home devastated," Demmers said.

Demmers said she was hesitant to come forward about her daughter's experience because she doesn't feel it will be handled properly by the school district.

Gonzalez said that she received some blowback from administrators at the school for taking her concerns to social media. While Gonzalez says she isn't looking to "bash" DeWitt, she also thinks more should be done to make people aware that this is happening in the school district and that it must be discussed by parents and school officials.

"They thought they were just going sweep this under the rug and I'm not the sort of parent that is going to let that happen," Gonzalez said.

DeWitt is located approximately 10 miles north of Lansing.