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Teens hair pulled out in shop class
DELTONA --
A Deltona mother is speaking out against the Volusia County School District, after no one called 911 when her 17-year-old daughter’s hair was pulled out during an accident in woodshop class Wednesday.
“It just keeps throbbing and it burns a lot. It feels like open flesh but I don’t know what it looks like.” That’s how Deltona High School Senior Kayla Marie Carrera describes the pain caused by her accident.
Kayla was in woodshop class at Deltona High School Wednesday afternoon when her hair got caught in a machine.
The machine pulled her hair out, almost to her scalp.
Kayla’s mother says the girl didn’t have her hair pulled back like she was supposed to. However, she wants to know why the teen’s teacher didn’t realize that and enforce classroom rules.
“My thing is if she wasn’t following the rules in the classroom, she should have never been allowed on that machine in the first place because the teacher himself is putting her at danger,” said Kayla’s Mother, Lissette Carrera.
“He’s the adult, he supervises, she is the student. He should have told her, put your hair back before you get on the machine, these are the rules of the classroom, you must follow them,” Carrera continued.
Meanwhile, Nancy Holland Wait, who serves as a spokeswoman for Volusia County Schools, says that a nurse from Deltona High School looked at the 17-year-old girl’s injuries. Holland Wait said that the nurse decided that she did not need to call 911.
However, the 17-year-old girl’s mother disagrees.
“I was told that they didn’t think it was severe enough to be calling 911. As you can see by her scalp, she’s lost her hair. She has bruising and swelling,” Carrera explained.
Meanwhile, Kayla’s mother is a kindergarten teacher at Friendship Elementary School, which is also in the Volusia County School District.
Carrera said someone from Deltona High School should have called her but instead she said her daughter was the one who had to call for help.
“My granddaughter was hysterical, crying and she said, Grandma please come and get me,” said Kayla’s Grandmother, Fannie Seda.
Seda rushed to her granddaughter’s side and was “shaking all over because the sight of her head was terrible.”
“The nurse spread open her hair in the back, showed me," Seda said. "It was such a terrible thing sight for me that I almost fainted. My husband had to pick me up and I said I must rush her to the emergency room right now."
Kayla’s grandmother took her to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial to be treated, where she was released and given painkillers.
Holland Wait said Volusia County Schools are not afraid to dial 911. However, Kayla’s mother believes someone at Deltona High School needs to learn from this incident.
“At all cost speak to an adult, call 911 first and then if they deem that it’s okay, that she should be discharged as she was, then that’s okay. But I would rather err to the side of caution. Someone there should have made the judgment call to call 911. She shouldn’t have called for help herself,” Carrera explained.
Kayla’s mother said she plans to meet with school district leaders on Thursday. She said she will not allow her daughter to go back to Deltona High School until new safety procedures are implemented or existing procedures are enforced.
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A Deltona mother is speaking out against the Volusia County School District, after no one called 911 when her 17-year-old daughter’s hair was pulled out during an accident in woodshop class Wednesday.
“It just keeps throbbing and it burns a lot. It feels like open flesh but I don’t know what it looks like.” That’s how Deltona High School Senior Kayla Marie Carrera describes the pain caused by her accident.
Kayla was in woodshop class at Deltona High School Wednesday afternoon when her hair got caught in a machine.
The machine pulled her hair out, almost to her scalp.
Kayla’s mother says the girl didn’t have her hair pulled back like she was supposed to. However, she wants to know why the teen’s teacher didn’t realize that and enforce classroom rules.
“My thing is if she wasn’t following the rules in the classroom, she should have never been allowed on that machine in the first place because the teacher himself is putting her at danger,” said Kayla’s Mother, Lissette Carrera.
“He’s the adult, he supervises, she is the student. He should have told her, put your hair back before you get on the machine, these are the rules of the classroom, you must follow them,” Carrera continued.
Meanwhile, Nancy Holland Wait, who serves as a spokeswoman for Volusia County Schools, says that a nurse from Deltona High School looked at the 17-year-old girl’s injuries. Holland Wait said that the nurse decided that she did not need to call 911.
However, the 17-year-old girl’s mother disagrees.
“I was told that they didn’t think it was severe enough to be calling 911. As you can see by her scalp, she’s lost her hair. She has bruising and swelling,” Carrera explained.
Meanwhile, Kayla’s mother is a kindergarten teacher at Friendship Elementary School, which is also in the Volusia County School District.
Carrera said someone from Deltona High School should have called her but instead she said her daughter was the one who had to call for help.
“My granddaughter was hysterical, crying and she said, Grandma please come and get me,” said Kayla’s Grandmother, Fannie Seda.
Seda rushed to her granddaughter’s side and was “shaking all over because the sight of her head was terrible.”
“The nurse spread open her hair in the back, showed me," Seda said. "It was such a terrible thing sight for me that I almost fainted. My husband had to pick me up and I said I must rush her to the emergency room right now."
Kayla’s grandmother took her to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial to be treated, where she was released and given painkillers.
Holland Wait said Volusia County Schools are not afraid to dial 911. However, Kayla’s mother believes someone at Deltona High School needs to learn from this incident.
“At all cost speak to an adult, call 911 first and then if they deem that it’s okay, that she should be discharged as she was, then that’s okay. But I would rather err to the side of caution. Someone there should have made the judgment call to call 911. She shouldn’t have called for help herself,” Carrera explained.
Kayla’s mother said she plans to meet with school district leaders on Thursday. She said she will not allow her daughter to go back to Deltona High School until new safety procedures are implemented or existing procedures are enforced.
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/9/12/volusia_county_teen_.html
Ouch!! I'd be upset that the teacher didn't enforce the rules of the shop or that no one called me, as the mother, to report the accident, but really what can the hospital do with something like that besides give pain killers?
On the flip side, at 17, she should be responsible enough to know to follow the rules and if the rules say she had to have her hair up to be on that machine, she should have done so. It's unfortunate, but she's partially to blame.
On the flip side, at 17, she should be responsible enough to know to follow the rules and if the rules say she had to have her hair up to be on that machine, she should have done so. It's unfortunate, but she's partially to blame.
Oh NO. If you get a chance go to the link and look at the picture. Yeah, I would be upset.
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