Farmland ES student death

[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. with what's been reported so far, his teacher would have sent him to the school clinic multiple times and the nurse would have been involved. I've worked in schools for years and I know schools take sick children very seriously. We are missing important details in this tragedy.

Generally yes. Every teacher knows there's always kids who are hypochondriacs malingering or otherwise just need a million trips to the nurse's office for whatever reason but I would assume in the age of covid that the kid experiencing symptoms described in the article would likely be sent to the nurse's office at least to rule out COVID

[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?

They bus the kids who live in homeless shelters to their home schools.

[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.

There are three family shelters - green tree, helping hands and stepping stones. If there are not any spaces available, families get put in hotels. And, kids get bus service to their home schools per policy. You don't enroll in the local school if you are in a homeless shelter as the shelter is only temporary and you change schools when you get stable housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There are three family shelters - green tree, helping hands and stepping stones. If there are not any spaces available, families get put in hotels. And, kids get bus service to their home schools per policy. You don't enroll in the local school if you are in a homeless shelter as the shelter is only temporary and you change schools when you get stable housing.

There is also a family domestic violence shelter but not naming it for obvious reasons.

[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.

Only one when you enter elementary school. You are not required to have regular physicals, just vaccinations. They can go to the county health department for free.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

A lot of people failed this kid from the county social workers, to the shelter to the school. There were lots of checks and balances and no one did their job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

A lot of people failed this kid from the county social workers, to the shelter to the school. There were lots of checks and balances and no one did their job.

Easy to say now but did any of these people know he was not feeling well for a long time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

A lot of people failed this kid from the county social workers, to the shelter to the school. There were lots of checks and balances and no one did their job.

Oh, please! It's not the school's job to take everyone's temperature. Schools are doing enough as is.
The social workers is another story but the main issue is with the kid's mother. At the end of the day, this was her child and her responsibility.

[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.

And even if you go most doctors give you the blow off and don’t do much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

A lot of people failed this kid from the county social workers, to the shelter to the school. There were lots of checks and balances and no one did their job.

Oh, please! It's not the school's job to take everyone's temperature. Schools are doing enough as is.
The social workers is another story but the main issue is with the kid's mother. At the end of the day, this was her child and her responsibility.

With Covid, it is. With flu season it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

A lot of people failed this kid from the county social workers, to the shelter to the school. There were lots of checks and balances and no one did their job.

Oh, please! It's not the school's job to take everyone's temperature. Schools are doing enough as is.
The social workers is another story but the main issue is with the kid's mother. At the end of the day, this was her child and her responsibility.

This is absurd, teacher. You do have a responsibility to your charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like untreated strep. I think this could turn bad with minimal symptoms. Please don't blame people.

A lot of people failed this kid from the county social workers, to the shelter to the school. There were lots of checks and balances and no one did their job.

Oh, please! It's not the school's job to take everyone's temperature. Schools are doing enough as is.
The social workers is another story but the main issue is with the kid's mother. At the end of the day, this was her child and her responsibility.

With Covid, it is. With flu season it is.

I agree. Schools are very involved in children's health these days and not just because things may be communicable. HOw do you not notice a child who is that sick?

[Anonymous]

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.

Not all shelters are for what you would consider traditional "homeless." Many times women and children are in domestic violence shelters and their locations are not well-advertised in order to protect people staying there. People who are staying there are told not to hang out outside, and to be discreet when coming and going, again for their own protection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

And even if you go most doctors give you the blow off and don’t do much.

An ER would have likely blown them off if a strep test came back negative. It’s unlikely they would have done any sort of advanced tests since they didn’t have insurance. She would have been told to follow up with his regular pediatrician.