Current Events > 10 y/o girl dies of COVID after teacher made her 'class nurse' in Virginia

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/10-year-old-teresa-sperry-died-of-covid-after-teacher-made-her-be-nurse-to-sick-kids-parents-say

A community in Virginia left reeling after a 10-year-old girl died of coronavirus complications has now been hit with another shock: The girls parents say her teacher willfully exposed her to the virus by tasking her with escorting sick students. Authorities at Suffolk Public Schools are now investigating that claim. Anthonette Ward, a spokesperson for the school district, told The Virginian-Pilot that, if true, the move would be a violation of school policy. The school has a rule in place for only adults to walk children with COVID-19 symptoms to the nurses office, she said. Teresa Sperry, a fifth-grader at Hillpoint Elementary School, died last week, just five days after she first began experiencing a headache. The family was notified by health officials that she had tested positive for COVID two days after her death, according to the Pilot. Her parents have said they followed all safety measures to protect Teresa from the virus, even driving their kids to school to limit their potential exposure to COVID on the school bus. But they say Teresas teacher routinely had her accompany other sick children to the nurses office. That was her classroom job, Jeff Sperry was quoted telling the Pilot. And she said that if the kids were sick and needed to go home, she had to go get their book bag and take it back, her mother told the newspaper. The couple first made the bombshell claim on Facebook, where Nicole Sperry wrote that Teresa would have continued to be here if people would have stopped sending their sick kids to school. Her teacher at Hillpoint gave her the job of nurse. She was required to walk all sick students in her class to the nurses office.

The school district sent out a letter to parents announcing the tragic news of a students death, but never so much as offered a phone call to the Sperry family, her mother wrote. School officials have been quick to respond to the familys allegation. The protocol at Hillpoint Elementary School is for the classroom teacher or any adult to contact the main office with a Code C. When this occurs, one of the administrators or school nurse will come to the classroom to pick up the student, Ward, the spokesperson, was quoted telling the Pilot. We are still investigating to ensure that this process was followed with fidelity. Both parents were vaccinated against COVID, but Jeff Sperry suffered a breakthrough infection after his daughters death. In an interview with CNN over the weekend, the couple said they hoped their situation would wake other people up to the fact that the pandemic is still very real, even though some people choose to ignore the threat of COVID. If it was over, my daughter would still be here, we wouldnt be doing these interviews, we wouldnt be preparing for her funeral. It upsets me so much that people are so nonchalant about it, while my only girl is gone, Nicole said. Jeff Sperry said Teresa was happy, she was healthy and strong, and it took her in less than five days.

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Sad but you can hardly blame the teacher in this scenario

They need to fucking approve the vaccine for kids already. Get that shit out and start getting kids vaccinated.

Very unfortunate. Even more depressing that it will probably inspire very few people to change their mind, if any, outside of their friends and family.

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BusyGettingLaid posted...

Sad but you can hardly blame the teacher in this scenario

I had to post a different article. It goes into more detail what the "class nurse" job involved.

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I don't really think a ten-year-old would be usually be qualified to be a nurse.

BusyGettingLaid posted...

Sad but you can hardly blame the teacher in this scenario

Why do you say that? It is massively the teachers fault

Sue em

Sue them for all they got

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aw shit. I'm sure glad that if I fuck up at my job no kids die

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The teacher sacrificed that girl to protect themself.

pick4six posted...

Sue em

Sue them for all they got

Yes, let's punish every taxpayer in the district for a teacher being a dumbass.

pick4six posted...

Sue em

Sue them for all they got

for what exactly? Sounds like the school implemented mask mandates, what more would you have liked them to do?

Bleuets posted...

for what exactly? Sounds like the school implemented mask mandates, what more would you have liked them to do?

Maybe not force a child to be around sick kids infected with a deadly virus?

Zikten posted...

Maybe not force a child to be around sick kids infected with a deadly virus?

force? Doesnt sound like she was forced. Did you even fucking read the article before shooting your mouth off? Damn people love to make fools of themselves dont they?

let me help you for the future: think before you speak. Got it? Take my advice, you fucking need it.

All the teacher did was have her help sick children during a pandemic.

/s

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Bleuets posted...

force? Doesnt sound like she was forced. Did you even fucking read the article before shooting your mouth off? Damn people love to make fools of themselves dont they?

let me help you for the future: think before you speak. Got it? Take my advice, you fucking need it.

Yes I did read the article. Did you? It says the teacher was breaking the school rules. Infected kids were supposed to be taken to the nurse by a teacher

Questionmarktarius posted...

Yes, let's punish every taxpayer in the district for a teacher being a dumbass.

Cool. Now teachers can be immune from lawsuits just cause "oh no the taxpayer will be punished"

Dear God our education system is so broken.


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pick4six posted...

Cool. Now teachers can be immune from lawsuits just cause "oh no the taxpayer will be punished"

...why would the teacher be immune from lawsuits?

Fuck

I know the chance of death or serious illness is really small and we have to live our lives but its like sending your kid to school was a fucking death sentence for them. So sad.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Yes, let's punish every taxpayer in the district for a teacher being a dumbass.

well at least that will punish all the parents who
sent sick kids to school as well

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