Bully Tries To Poison Student With Peanuts
An eighth-grader was charged with wanton endangerment after allegedly putting crumbled peanut butter cookies in the lunchbox of another student with a severe allergy to peanuts.
The allergic student, also an eighth-grader, did not eat the cookies and did not suffer a reaction.
Fayette County public schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall said the incident occurred Thursday on the Morton Middle School running track, where students had gone to eat lunch and enjoy the warm weather.
As the students neared the end of their lunchtime, a student was seen putting the crumbled cookies in the allergic student's lunchbox, she said.
It was well known the other student suffered from severe peanut allergies, Deffendall said. There was no known history of problems between the two 13-year-old students, she said.
After an investigation, the student was arrested on a felony wanton endangerment charge and has been removed from the school, Deffendall said.
A person is charged with felony, or first-degree, wanton endangerment when someone is suspected of engaging in conduct that causes the danger of death or physical injury to another person, according to state legal statutes.
The student will face charges in the juvenile criminal justice system.
Deffendall could not comment on specific administrative action taken against the student, but said an expulsion comes only after a decision by the school board.
Letters went home Friday to parents of Morton students notifying them of the incident.
There is no districtwide policy regarding peanut or other food allergies, Deffendall said. Schools that have students with food allergies tailor policies to protect them. Some schools have separate "peanut-free" tables. Because a number of Morton students have known peanut and sesame seed allergies, families have been asked not to send those foods to school.
For those allergic to peanuts, even trace amounts of peanut oil can cause severe reactions and even death. Symptoms can include hives, welts and swelling that can restrict airways. Earlier this month, it was reported that a 13-year-old boy died in Australia at a school camp due to an allergic reaction to peanuts.
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Fayette County public schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall said the incident occurred Thursday on the Morton Middle School running track, where students had gone to eat lunch and enjoy the warm weather.
As the students neared the end of their lunchtime, a student was seen putting the crumbled cookies in the allergic student's lunchbox, she said.
It was well known the other student suffered from severe peanut allergies, Deffendall said. There was no known history of problems between the two 13-year-old students, she said.
After an investigation, the student was arrested on a felony wanton endangerment charge and has been removed from the school, Deffendall said.
A person is charged with felony, or first-degree, wanton endangerment when someone is suspected of engaging in conduct that causes the danger of death or physical injury to another person, according to state legal statutes.
The student will face charges in the juvenile criminal justice system.
Deffendall could not comment on specific administrative action taken against the student, but said an expulsion comes only after a decision by the school board.
Letters went home Friday to parents of Morton students notifying them of the incident.
There is no districtwide policy regarding peanut or other food allergies, Deffendall said. Schools that have students with food allergies tailor policies to protect them. Some schools have separate "peanut-free" tables. Because a number of Morton students have known peanut and sesame seed allergies, families have been asked not to send those foods to school.
For those allergic to peanuts, even trace amounts of peanut oil can cause severe reactions and even death. Symptoms can include hives, welts and swelling that can restrict airways. Earlier this month, it was reported that a 13-year-old boy died in Australia at a school camp due to an allergic reaction to peanuts.
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And the schools.
They use to help the pupils.
Now all they care about it the end of the and that pay check.
There are kids that fail thru the cracks
This boy is one
Thank ye America the once great nation now becoming a 3rd world nation.
Posted by MichelleM99 at 03:44 AM : Apr 21, 2008
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really..who did you actually respected?
Posted by fabrat1
So a wife hires a hit man to kill her husband, but it just so happens that the hit man is either one to go to the cops or a cop himself. What then? I guess we don''t charge her with attempted murder because he''s not dead...? What a terrible theory you have.
And the schools.
They use to help the pupils.
Now all they care about it the end of the and that pay check.
There are kids that fail thru the cracks
This boy is one
Thank ye America the once great nation now becoming a 3rd world nation.
Well kitty, I am back, after a good sleep, and your reply caught my eye first, so:
You obviously didn''t get the sarcastic tone in which my comments were made, this is a fault of the US education system, which teaches how to read words, but not how to understand them. The "jungle law" existence I referred to was a fact of life on the streets of Detroit before I was old enough to walk them, It was an exercise in "dark humor" that moved me to post that a really useful education would prepare students for that reality.
"this is clearly George Bushes fault!" Posted by angryman55
Nah, there were corrupt presidents before Bush, and we will probably see one or two more, before the country''s ultimate demise. My point was when trying to teach a child right from wrong, how do you explain away the obvious wrongs committed by those in authority, from the police, to the judges, to the city, and state officials, even to the president? Pretending they don''t exist makes the teacher look like a fool in the eyes of the child, and eliminates and trust and respect the child might have had.
Posted by gopsux at 01:03 PM : Apr 20, 2008
If you''re going to post here you should really pay attention to what you say to who. This is what I was commenting to and I am not the one who brought up the term "attempted murder" I was just commenting to the statemenr that someone other than me posted.
Posted by fabrat1 at 01:09 PM : Apr 20, 2008"
Learn to read, the charge is wanton endangerment, not attempted murder. The two are vastly different charges.
Are ye on a sp deit.
We went to a food bank and they were giving out a juice that Vince can''t have due to his meds..I told the lady that is barrrd..She got pissed..I said his doctor said no..Vince is 55.
If we have compapy over I asked are there foods ye can''t for health reasons..
We may go out and we know what we can/can''t have.
Alot of the probrlems are bad parenting..i *SEE* it every where. Children bossing their care takers.. I am appalled. The leave to beaver days ended years ago..I learnt No and no meant just that . The govt is the blame..That is I never wanted children of my own. The law is the reason. they run wild..THEY KNOW MUM/DAD CAN''T TRAIN THEM THEM THE WAY MOSE OF US WERE. I was used for the money foster parents got,they taught me noting,,I lived in fear.