Police: Duval mom gets on stage, threatens principal after child’s name not called at school event

actionnewsjax.com ^ | July 11, 2025 | ActionNewsJax.com News Staff

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville mother was arrested after police said she threatened a Duval County assistant principal and disrupted a ceremony at her daughter’s elementary school.

Courtney Smith, 29, was arrested on July 2 following the incident at Hidden Oaks Elementary School on May 23, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest report. She was released from jail on $1,500 bond, court records state.

Witnesses told police Smith became upset when her daughter’s name was not called during the ceremony, the arrest report states. Smith went on stage, used foul language, and threatened a school administrator, saying, “I will knock your big a** out,” the report states.

Smith was escorted out of the building by school security. She was previously trespassed from the school for threatening a teacher, as noted in a prior case, the report states.

Smith is facing charges of Assault Upon District School Board Employee, Trespass on School Grounds, and Interference with School Function, according to Duval County Circuit Court records.

Smith’s next court appearance is July 30.

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It's not ALL of them, but it's ALWAYS them

[rlmorel]

She must have felt “disrespected”.

[circlecity]

Don’t ask, Boo Boo.

[Tom Tetroxide]

[bort]

She is a conductor on the school to prison pipeline

[Tell It Right]

She was previously trespassed from the school for threatening a teacher

I think I see a pattern with this woman. Too bad the kid is only in elementary school and has many more years of the mother making school more about the mother than the kid.

Too bad the article has exactly zero mention of the father.

[SharpenedEdge]

The jokes write themselves.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Sheesh.

[Red Badger]

Now, imagine Jasmine Crockett in the Senate.................

[Red Badger]

Someone had one heck of a jones..................

[Don W]

Izzat you Geraldine?

[V_TWIN]

“the article has exactly zero mention of the father”

We all know why that is....talk about perpetuating a stereotype......sheesh

[V_TWIN]

“Hidden Oaks Elementary School”

Cedar Hills/Westside......of course. 😏

[OldHarbor]

Courtney !!!

Ha-ha, ghetto girl`s names joke

[antidemoncrat]

What ... it wasn’t a MAGA supporter or some other white supremacist ... color me surprised.

[Dan in Wichita]

Courtney? I thought for sure it would be something like LaRoya or Shar’lina.

[Red Badger]

I was thinking the same thing!!!...............

[nfldgirl]

I see what you did there! LOL!

[grobdriver]

Entitled black acting out?

[TangoLimaSierra]

Izzat you Geraldine?

I was trying to think of who she reminded me of.
You nailed it. "Sucka".

[BitWielder1]

What do they put in those Doritos?