DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:03 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wlwt/20060208/lo_wlwt/3248774
More than two dozen students at a local elementary school are being checked for HIV and hepatitis C after they were jabbed with needles.
A sixth-grader at West Union Elementary apparently got the diabetic lancets from a baby sitter, took them into the school and gave them out to classmates.
"It's a terrifying situation, as a parent and a child," said Leslie Carrier, a mother of one of the students.
Her daughter, Abby, had to give blood Wednesday for testing.
"The principal told sixth-graders that they're going to die because people were poking people with needles," Carrier said.
She called the superintendent for three days before she was told that nine students faced suspension for the incident.
"Maybe they should be out of school for a while; maybe they shouldn't come back," Abby Carrier said. "Nobody feels safe. (They're) scared they'll get stuck."
Health officials said results of the tests should be ready by the end of the week.
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WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL LETS A SIXTH GRADER JAB 20+ KIDS WITH USED NEEDLES?
More than two dozen students at a local elementary school are being checked for HIV and hepatitis C after they were jabbed with needles.
A sixth-grader at West Union Elementary apparently got the diabetic lancets from a baby sitter, took them into the school and gave them out to classmates.
"It's a terrifying situation, as a parent and a child," said Leslie Carrier, a mother of one of the students.
Her daughter, Abby, had to give blood Wednesday for testing.
"The principal told sixth-graders that they're going to die because people were poking people with needles," Carrier said.
She called the superintendent for three days before she was told that nine students faced suspension for the incident.
"Maybe they should be out of school for a while; maybe they shouldn't come back," Abby Carrier said. "Nobody feels safe. (They're) scared they'll get stuck."
Health officials said results of the tests should be ready by the end of the week.
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WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL LETS A SIXTH GRADER JAB 20+ KIDS WITH USED NEEDLES?