Farmland ES student death

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Heartbreaking, may this dear child Rest In Peace.I hope his bullies are tormented by guilt. I don’t underwhelmed the mom didn’t take him to an ear or free clinic to get checked out. I understand fear or inability to pay, but I would jump in front of a moving train for my child.

I agree. If they showed up at an emergency room, they would not have been turned away (if you come to this country, you should at least have the basic understanding of how things work. Also, why are we letting people into this country sho go directly to shelters?).

These families have competing demands, on their time and money.

You just assume that you care more for your child than she did? Unbelievable

maybe her goal was to get out of the shelter, FOR HER CHILD.

So the thought of a huge hospital bill OR being deported, were terrifying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a sad story but many of you try to score some political points. When my kids were in ES, I didn’t take them to see a doctor when they had a cold or cough. Kids’ Motron and cough syrup cured the problems. Hearing this stiry made me think that I could pit my kids in danger. This tragic even could happen to my kids if they had other health problems but ignored by me.
Please love your child and listen to them. There are plenty of free health care in this county.

This poor child didn’t go from not feeling well to dead in four hours.

He complained of symptoms for a month.

Do you think you would deny health care to your child if they said they were in a pain for a month?

Kids complain of lots of stuff. I definitely don’t rush in every time. It’s lots of judgment calls and just pray it’s the right one. Sometimes it’s not. And sometimes you bring your kid in and the doctor just shrugs. Happened to my kid when she complained of similar symptoms.

[Anonymous]

I think it was more negligence rather than not wanting to pay. In order for him to be in an MCPS school he needed to be vaccinated and have a DR signed health form. Meaning at some point she took him to a doctor or clinic. Since she was already in a county shelter working with a social worker, it was at a county clinic. She may have had a million other reasons not to take him to the dr., maybe it was time or she didn't think it was a big deal, but it was not because of money.

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I'm so disgusted by some of you I can't read this thread any more. A mother just lost her child for god's sake. Think of all the bad decisions you've made because you were under stress or tired because you are human. Most of you can't imagine what it's like to be her - homeless with a child, living in a shelter under who knows what kind of awful conditions, probably working an hourly job, humiliated to be in that situation, maybe her boss is cruel and she would have lost her job, she probably thought it was nothing, maybe that it was in her child's head because he didn't like school, maybe she wasn't educated very well about medical issues. We just don't know her situation but please have the decency to give this grieving woman some respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it was more negligence rather than not wanting to pay. In order for him to be in an MCPS school he needed to be vaccinated and have a DR signed health form. Meaning at some point she took him to a doctor or clinic. Since she was already in a county shelter working with a social worker, it was at a county clinic. She may have had a million other reasons not to take him to the dr., maybe it was time or she didn't think it was a big deal, but it was not because of money.

As long as we're talking about what we think - I think maybe people should try to rustle up some more empathy and imagination about being in difficult circumstances, before posting on a thread about a child who died.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it was more negligence rather than not wanting to pay. In order for him to be in an MCPS school he needed to be vaccinated and have a DR signed health form. Meaning at some point she took him to a doctor or clinic. Since she was already in a county shelter working with a social worker, it was at a county clinic. She may have had a million other reasons not to take him to the dr., maybe it was time or she didn't think it was a big deal, but it was not because of money.

People can vaccinate their kids places other than the pediatrician or county clinics. For example, Giant does all the school vaccinations. He may have been vaccinated in another state or country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m going to get roasted but something about this doesn’t add up. I think there’s more to the story.

I think you’re right.

I agree. Definitely more to this sad story.

Agreed.

An 11-year-old doesn't just drop dead due to 'throat pain'. Even a a 41-year-old rarely does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m going to get roasted but something about this doesn’t add up. I think there’s more to the story.

I think you’re right.

I agree. Definitely more to this sad story.

Agreed.

An 11-year-old doesn't just drop dead due to 'throat pain'. Even a a 41-year-old rarely does.

Clearly he had a serious medical condition, but no one owes DCUM a diagnosis. There will be an inquest, but we may never know and that’s appropriate.

[Anonymous]

This is slightly off-topic but my own child went to Farmland many moons ago and back then, there were no shelters in the catchment area. If anything, the area around the school is pretty wealthy. Do they now bus the kids in who don't live nearby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is slightly off-topic but my own child went to Farmland many moons ago and back then, there were no shelters in the catchment area. If anything, the area around the school is pretty wealthy. Do they now bus the kids in who don't live nearby?

Shelters often do not have a neon Homeless Shelter sign out front. You may not have been aware of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is slightly off-topic but my own child went to Farmland many moons ago and back then, there were no shelters in the catchment area. If anything, the area around the school is pretty wealthy. Do they now bus the kids in who don't live nearby?

Shelters often do not have a neon Homeless Shelter sign out front. You may not have been aware of it.

I still know the area pretty well. That's not the neighborhood that would have a homeless shelter. So my question remains.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it was more negligence rather than not wanting to pay. In order for him to be in an MCPS school he needed to be vaccinated and have a DR signed health form. Meaning at some point she took him to a doctor or clinic. Since she was already in a county shelter working with a social worker, it was at a county clinic. She may have had a million other reasons not to take him to the dr., maybe it was time or she didn't think it was a big deal, but it was not because of money.

People can vaccinate their kids places other than the pediatrician or county clinics. For example, Giant does all the school vaccinations. He may have been vaccinated in another state or country.

Do MCPS enrollment forms not need to be signed by a doctor? I thought they did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is slightly off-topic but my own child went to Farmland many moons ago and back then, there were no shelters in the catchment area. If anything, the area around the school is pretty wealthy. Do they now bus the kids in who don't live nearby?

Shelters often do not have a neon Homeless Shelter sign out front. You may not have been aware of it.

I still know the area pretty well. That's not the neighborhood that would have a homeless shelter. So my question remains.

I don’t think you can say that. There is a women and family shelter on Greentree Road in Bethesda, which feeds into the Whitman cluster. It’s surrounded by million houses….so, there could also easily be one that feeds into Farmland too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is slightly off-topic but my own child went to Farmland many moons ago and back then, there were no shelters in the catchment area. If anything, the area around the school is pretty wealthy. Do they now bus the kids in who don't live nearby?

Shelters often do not have a neon Homeless Shelter sign out front. You may not have been aware of it.

I still know the area pretty well. That's not the neighborhood that would have a homeless shelter. So my question remains.

I don’t think you can say that. There is a women and family shelter on Greentree Road in Bethesda, which feeds into the Whitman cluster. It’s surrounded by million houses….so, there could also easily be one that feeds into Farmland too.

There are several shelters in Rockville. They are not just in low income areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it was more negligence rather than not wanting to pay. In order for him to be in an MCPS school he needed to be vaccinated and have a DR signed health form. Meaning at some point she took him to a doctor or clinic. Since she was already in a county shelter working with a social worker, it was at a county clinic. She may have had a million other reasons not to take him to the dr., maybe it was time or she didn't think it was a big deal, but it was not because of money.

People can vaccinate their kids places other than the pediatrician or county clinics. For example, Giant does all the school vaccinations. He may have been vaccinated in another state or country.

Do MCPS enrollment forms not need to be signed by a doctor? I thought they did.

They do but that's when you first enroll and the kid could have been enrolled years ago, and not just this school year. So I don't know why people keep saying that he had to have a doctor form to show all that. If he was enrolled at the same school for the past few years, no need to submit a new health form.