Opinion: Jeannie Meza-Chavez Tone Deaf to Tornillo

Last night this story aired on Canal 26. http://www.kint.com/2015/02/11/falta-de-atencion-medica-y-presunto-caso-de-acoso-escolar-en-secundaria-de-tornillo/

I wrote about this issue yesterday so check it out if you haven't already. Just keep scrolling.

I read the comments from the Superintendent of Tornillo ISD in the KINT piece and I am stunned at not only the lack of empathy from Dr. Meza-Chavez but from the complete absence of a sense of urgency.

Basically she said the administration followed their protocols. So their protos call for a head injury to not be looked at even by their CNA? 

Their protocols consisted of monitoring the student for 30 minutes and sending him to class.

An 11 year old special needs student is slammed to the concrete striking his head during PE and no one even thinks that maybe the only medically-trained employee in the district should at least give him a once over?

What has to happen for the Superintendent and Board Members to to take steps necessary to incentivize a nurse to come work for Tornillo ISD? 

Would she send her own children to schools that lacked a nurse?

What about the potential liabilities to the district from a lawsuit?

If Dr. Meza-Chavez hasn't made this issue a priority then the school board members are the ones that should be accountable. 

Imagine the ramifications to the student had his parents taken the principals word for it that the student was okay. He wasn't okay. He had a concussion. Hell the NFL doesn't let you even get back on the field with a concussion but the principal sent that young man back to class.

Maya is 11. Imagine if this happened to your 11 year old.

Dr. Meza-Chavez found a way to make someone a principal without the requisite experience. Clearly she's shown that she's willing to make an exception when it's necessary, so she has set precedent. Something needs to be done about this.

A good superintendent is responsive to the needs of students, faculty and staff, and the community.

The apparent lack of urgency from Dr. Meza-Chavez-Chavez shows she is tone-deaf to the needs of the students of Tornillo. 

Shame on her. She is entrusted with the safety of the children by the parents. 

And shame on the school board for not fixing this problem. 

You have all failed the children.