The teacher s brown hair with loose curls and toothy grin greeted Duval County Public Schools students and colleagues for over two decades. She brought love, joy, and kindness to her students and classrooms, a statement from the school district said. She will be deeply missed by her school community.
Menendez-Holloway was born Nov. 16, 1969, and raised in Staten Island, New York. She moved to Jacksonville in 2000 and began teaching shortly after.
It s unclear exactly how she contracted COVID-19, her daughter said, adding that Menendez-Holloway was teaching in-person since the beginning of the school year, but that the family was taking the virus seriously.
Originally published on December 15, 2020 8:55 pm
The Baker Act was not designed for kids, yet the number of children who are involuntarily committed keeps going up. State data shows kids with certain disabilities are becoming increasingly ensnared despite language in the law meant to keep them out of the mental health system. The second part of this series about children who are committed examines why minors with emotional and developmental disabilities are more likely to be sent for involuntary psychiatric exams.
Nadia King’s class at Love Grove Elementary in Jacksonville
was different from others.
“There were a lot of physically disabled students in her classroom, said Nadia s mother, Martina Faulk. She was in a class with other kids with disabilities, physical disabilities.
Martina Faulk, and her daughter, Nadia King, embrace in a photograph.
Each year, about 36,000 children in Florida are involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluations under the state s Baker Act and disabled kids are becoming increasingly ensnared.
The Baker Act was not designed for kids, yet the number of children who are involuntarily committed keeps going up. State data shows kids with certain disabilities are becoming increasingly ensnared despite language in the law meant to keep them out of the mental health system. The second part of this series about children who are committed examines why minors with emotional and developmental disabilities are more likely to be sent for involuntary psychiatric exams.