Not Safe at School
August 19, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Education, Safety
A Tennessee high school student, Eric L died on August 18th after suffering head trauma at the Byington-Solway Career and Technical Center last Wednesday. Law was autistic and a special education student. From VolunteerTV.com
Oaks says two employees are on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. Oaks says the student fell from a vehicle, but would not elaborate on the details because of the ongoing investigation into the incident.
Attorney Greg Isaacs identifies the student as Eric Law. Isaacs is representing Law’s family, and says Eric was a special education student with autism.
Isaacs says, according to his investigation, a teacher got permission from the school’s principal to move some tables, and Eric was in the bed of a student’s truck when he fell and suffered serious head trauma.
According the Knox County Sheriff’s Office report, Eric was “taken to the office and his mother was notified. His mother arrived and transported (him) in her vehicle to Baptist West.”
When we were living in St. Louis, around 2000, a student in a Special School District school died after being restrained; the student apparently stopped breathing.Needless to say, one hopes at the least that schools are safe.
Jeff Stimpson
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