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Now at 11 00 a bay area teenager drowns in swim class and six months later the School District is publicly apologizing to his family and making some changes. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Kpix5s andria borba is live in danville with how that apology is being received tonight. Reporter liz, it was not just an apology, but a map forward for the future for the district. There will no longer be physical education classes held in district swimming pools and if the pools are used, there will ar two weeks after ben currys sister stood up at the San Ramon Valley School Board Meeting to hold the board accountable for her brothers death the pain of losing ben is indescribable, but these past months knowing his death was preventible has been excruciating. Reporter the San Ramon Valley issued a statement. Despite pending litigation the district wants to be responsive to the ongoing situation and publicly apologized to the family. Ben curry drowne class. Becker had students tread
Becker had students tread water for three minutes and tacked on an additional 30 seconds when a student touched a lane divider. Bens body was discovered at the bottom of the pool an hour later by another student. Im willing to accept it as an apology and they are willing to accept it as an apology delivered six months after the incident on a friday afternoon. Reporter the apology wasnt given to either schwartz or the curries directly. Both heard about it from a third party. We really want to know how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Why were there no lifeguards . Why were there no rules and regulations and why did they leave ben behind . Reporter currys family neighbor concurs. You send your kids to School Every Day to be safe and what did happen . Does anybody i mean the stories have changed so many different times i think they owe them an apology and tell the truth what happened and own up to it. Reporter schwartz said this one fact remains despite the apology. Bens nev
Injured. Intur state 880 is interstate 880 is closed in both directions. So far no estimate on when it will reopen. A bay area teen that drowns in pool class reports on local reaction why some are saying too little too late. Reporter two weeks after ben currys sister stood up at the meeting to hold the School Accountable for his death. The past few months knowing the death was preventible is in inexcusable. Reporter despite pending litigation the district wants to be responsive to the ongoing conversation and publicly apologize to the curry family and all community members. Ben curry drowned during teacher aaron beckers swim class on may 8th. Becker had students tread water for three minutes at the end of swim class and tacked on an additional 30 seconds when a student touched a lane divider. Bens body was discovered at the bottom of the pool an hour later by another student. Curry family attorney Andy Schwartz had this to say. Im willing to accept it as an apology and they are willing
people. one parent said she s not surprised by the chaos. my daughter wanted to go, it s called the haunt. i would never let my kids go to great america in the nighttime, because i heard this kind of stuff happens too much. i m just too worried about that. so i made them go to the pumpkin fest today and during the day. great america provided a statement that said there were incidents on october 28th at california s great america that required assistance from on-property santa clara police officers and were quickly address. tonight, police are searching for a gunman who killed a man in discovery bay. reporter cornell bernard has the details. just shocking. our heart goes to that young family. reporter: neighbors are stunned by a violent crime in their quiet neighborhood. friends take flowers and food to the home of a grieving family. a 48-year-old father and husband gunned down sunday. it was like boom, boom, boom, boom. like it was reporter: how many shots?