Comments on: 12-Year-Old Student Drowns at Kiley Middle School in Springfield http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/ People You Know, News You Can Trust Fri, 24 May 2013 03:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Misses_ES http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-48026 Misses_ES Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:14:55 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-48026 May his young soul R.I.P. </3
As a parent, this gives me goosebumps. Can you imagine getting that call from your child's school? :(

]]> By: greenteah http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-48010 greenteah Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:31:03 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-48010 I don’t think that excluding swim lessons from the curriculum is a good idea. This is a horrible accident that definitely could have been prevented. Water safety is a crucial element in a child’s education and I think it can help prevent drownings. But safety should always come first. I think one thing the school board should consider implementing would be to hire lifeguards for the swimming portions of physical education classes. Someone who isn’t there to teach but just purely to watch the kids. Someone who doesn’t go into the locker room in between periods or into the gym to take attendance. A lifeguard who can stay in the pool area for the entire day of swim PE classes. Yes It is an expense on the school, but in the end, children’s lives are worth way more then what it would cost to pay the guards. Prayers go out to the family and anyone involved in this tragedy. Hopefully we can prevent this in the future

]]> By: my3boys http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-48006 my3boys Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:44:29 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-48006 Sueing the city or school is not gonna bring this child back to there family!! Money don’t and wont take the heartache and pain away!! So really everyone who says Sue Sue put yourself in the families shoes I’d rather have my baby back money will never ever take what that family’s going through away!!! Or bring their child back!

]]> By: alizzy1991 http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-48005 alizzy1991 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:36:02 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-48005 its not the wrong picture.. thats the back of the school heading to the pool area

]]> By: Jloenlacasa http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-48003 Jloenlacasa Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:46:16 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-48003 I truly hope this was not a case of dunking

]]> By: spfldmom04 http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47988 spfldmom04 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:54:25 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47988 What a horrific accident-thoughts and prayers go out to the family. What a terrible ending to what is supposed to be a good day ( the day before winter break). No one should be rushing to judgement or blaming any one till the facts are known. I am sure the many caring teachers and administrators as well as students who were there are shaken to the core by this event. Symathy goes out to all who are affected.

]]> By: Emar1970 http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47983 Emar1970 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:27:57 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47983 Ban pools that’s the dumbest thing Ive heard teach these how to swim better and more supervision God Bless this child and his family

]]> By: bugzy12 http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47982 bugzy12 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:23:06 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47982 Went there years ago for seventh and eighth grade a girl got raped during our swim class we had two teachers supervising (supposably). Never took swimming again after that… I agree BAN swimming pools in schools!

]]> By: Natasha Russo on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47977 Natasha Russo on Facebook Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:41:18 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47977 OMG

]]> By: medic3 http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47979 medic3 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:39:20 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47979 Yet again, News 40 gets their story AND their pictures wrong. Turning a tragedy into sensationalism.

]]> By: Lauren Triggs MacDonald on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47976 Lauren Triggs MacDonald on Facebook Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:38:17 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47976 So sad. Prayers to the family. Obviously someone wasn’t doing their job correctly. This shouldn’t have happened at all. And if someone pushed the child in why didn’t anyone save him? Why didn’t anyone help him? And yes whoever pushed him in should go to jail. They knew what they were doing.

]]> By: Jessica Ligus on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47974 Jessica Ligus on Facebook Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:21:10 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47974 someone who went there said the child was pushed in during swim class yea he may have been IN a swim class.. but teacher should be held responsible for not acting school should be held responsible for for poor choices and are theSe teachers trained to save lives and if the case is that this child was pushed in thee other child should also be held responsible isn’t there a no hands policy in schools and also let the punishment fit the crime yes accidents happen but i grew up with “accidents don’t happen- people do”

]]> By: Donald Kelly on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47973 Donald Kelly on Facebook Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:05:14 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47973 How many kids in class with only one physical education teacher? When I went there (ahem it was 1989-1991 ) there were two gym teachers holding the class. One in the pool with the students and the other watching over us in the pool. Tragic this happened and hope that there was enough supervision and not all on one teacher with probably 25-30 kids in the class. I assume and have no idea. My head is swarming with what went wrong and how this tragic event happened.

]]> By: Jay Joubert on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47972 Jay Joubert on Facebook Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:03:45 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47972 erie, went ther in 87. well, BAN the pool! Fire the administrators

]]> By: Matt DelNegro on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47971 Matt DelNegro on Facebook Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:55:53 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47971 Yes, let’s take this 1 in a million opportunity to sue the schools and cause the next 20 years of children to be even that much dumber. BRILLIANT idea, Mary.

]]> By: jarbear http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47978 jarbear Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:46:56 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47978 All you folks eager to pass blame and judgement you wernt there you dont know the facts.

Have you ever voluntered or attended a funtion in a springfield school. Well I did, that school I had 30 minutes to do a presentation the teachers spent 25 of those minutes keeping the kids orderly. ( referring to the hands off comment)

The only thing we should be doing is praying for those impacted by this tragedy and offer any support we can give.

]]> By: Tom Cefaratti on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47970 Tom Cefaratti on Facebook Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:43:51 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47970 A lot of people are stating “he” no disrespect but do we know for sure it was a boy or did I miss something in the news post? Anyways prayers to the family of the child!! RIP

]]> By: Lisa Rae Schlack on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47969 Lisa Rae Schlack on Facebook Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:41:14 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47969 Prayers are with the boys family and classmates. At our school we have very strick rules when it comes to the pool area doors are closed untill teacher opens and tells them to come in . The students are givin a swim test before any activity ex games or water arobics. So the teacher can see your strength or weaknesses.

]]> By: Cheryl Lenville on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47968 Cheryl Lenville on Facebook Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:41:04 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47968 “Springfield Police Officer Charles Youmans says that the 12-year-old student was taking part in a swim class when the incident occurred.”

]]> By: Jill Crowe on Facebook http://www.wggb.com/2013/02/15/12-year-old-student-drowns-at-kiley-middle-school-in-springfield/#comment-47967 Jill Crowe on Facebook Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:35:27 +0000 http://www.wggb.com/?p=197261#comment-47967 medic3 should be able to handle that yes they are human but that’s your job. im praying for other kids who were there and the family

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