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Roommate of girl who died at Lakeland boarding school says medical requests were not taken seriously
Ken Suarez reports
LAKELAND, Fla. - For the first time, we are hearing from the roommate of a 17-year-old student who died at Lakeland Girls Academy, which is a boarding school for girls in Polk County.
Naomi Wood was a student at the academy who, according to a Department of Children and Families (DCF) report, died after her request to see a doctor was denied.
The last person who saw her alive, her roommate, says Naomi s infectious smile may have covered up her pain.
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.