DeWitt – Students at DeWitt Junior High School in Michigan allegedly formed a physical wall to block minority students from going to class on Wednesday morning.

According to DeWitt Public Schools Superintendent John Deiter, the first racial incident began early in the morning, before most of the kids had even started showing up. 

At about 7:05 a.m., “two or three” boys laid down on the floor in a hallway and linked arms, as if building a metaphorical human wall.

Since the boys were alone and apparently not bothering anybody, a teacher broke up the display and sent the kids on their way without disciplining them.

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

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.

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.”

Kellie Demmers, another parent with a child at the school, told M-Live 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.