Queens teachers failed to halt attack

Three teachers at a troubled Queens middle school failed to stop a videotaped pummeling of a 13year-old girl last week — and sources said staffers have been hesitant to break up fights to avoid administrative repercussions.

The footage shows a 14year-old girl battering the victim and even jumping off a cafeteria table at one point like a pro wrestler during the attack at Marie Curie Middle School in Bayside.

The NYPD said that police were called to the scene and that the attacker was eventually charged with juvenile assault.

The city Department of Education said the school addressed the student’s conduct but did not specify the actions taken.

“Safety always comes first, and disciplinary action was taken to address this incident,” said DOE spokeswoman Miranda Barbot.

A Marie Curie teacher told The Post Monday that he and his colleagues are increasingly hesitant to intervene in fights because they fear higher-ups’ backlash.

“The students run the building,” he said. The environment gets more chaotic by the day.”

Parent Evelyn Hernandez said that her own son was bullied relentlessly there and that action was only taken after he recorded his tormentors in the act.

“They’re just very afraid,” Hernandez said of teachers at the school.

“It’s a very thin line they’re walking. And everyone is afraid of doing the wrong thing and having a big consequence. I think they’re doing the best they can do.”