Former students of Lakeland girls school come forward to describe conditions at facility where girl died
By Ken Suarez
Ken Suarez reports
LAKELAND, Fla. - Former students of a Lakeland boarding school for girls are speaking out after a girl died there. Naomi Wood died in May of 2020 after weeks of stomach pains and asking to see a doctor but being denied, according to a report from the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Wood's death has former students of the Lakeland Girls Academy doing something they haven’t done before: speaking out about what they consider an out-of-control facility. FOX 13’s Ken Suarez spoke to a number of them to find out what their lives were like there.