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Kaia Rolle was 6 years old when she was arrested at school in 2019 after throwing a temper tantrum.
The traumatizing incident shows how Black girls are criminalized in schools, experts told Insider.
A bill passed in Florida aims to prohibit children under the age of 7 from being arrested.
Meralyn Kirkland was in the delivery room when her granddaughter, Kaia Rolle, was born unresponsive. As the doctors worked to get Kaia to take her first breath, it was Kirkland who prayed over her, promising that she would be there for the baby if she pulled through.
The Lake County Health Department administered only 210 of 1,000 Pfizer vaccines during a closed vaccination event at Montverde Academy March 6. The event was intended only for eligible Lake County private school employees and was not advertised to the public.
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During lunch at East Ridge High School, Tom Brown is surrounded. You won’t go through a lunch without three or four kids hanging off our golf cart, talking to us, said Brown, a school resource deputy.
Most students regard Brown, 60, and Dep. Jason Williams the other law enforcement officer assigned to the Clermont school as steady influences. It s a common theme for the 30 men and women assigned by the Lake County Sheriff s Office to serve as school resource deputies (SRDs).
They handle security, but that s not all not by a long shot. When incidents such as what occurred at Eustis High School make headlines, the public could get the wrong impression, said Lt. Christie Mysinger, the school resource commander for the sheriff s office. Deputy Billy Brown used his stun gun to subdue a 15-year-old girl there on Jan. 26 after she struck him several times and they fell to the ground.