Lisa Olsen, the mother of a Stoneman Douglas school shooting survivor, William, slammed the Broward County School Board for not reaching out to students who bore injuries as a result of February’s shooting.
According to the Daily Caller:
William was shot in both of his arms by Nikolas Cruz and witnessed three of his classmates get murdered in front of him, but Broward County School district officials
She noted that the President took time out of his schedule to visit them – and yet not a single person from the school did as much as send them a “get well” card.
“Even the president of the United States, the first lady, the governor, the attorney general, the chief of staff, and the senator had time to hug my son, but not my school district and not my son’s principal.”
She continued, “We can all agree that district communication with the victims’ families said MSD was a complete management breakdown, but I didn’t come here with only complaints. I have a suggestion for a critical incident referred to a communication matrix sometimes called a phone tree.”
She proceeded to blast the district for being more concerned with politics than with the students. “It seems to me and to my son that high-speed media events and politics have gotten in the way of helping those who have been hurt. The district’s first concern should be MSD’s students and families that have been most affected and injured. Photo ops and press conferences seem to be the districts focus rather than focusing on those who are suffering and trying to come to terms with what had happened.”
Watch below:
It’s not just the school district that’s ignored the victims of the Parkland School shooting – it’s the media as a whole.
The school enrolls 3,000 students – and yet we’ve really only heard the opinions of a half-dozen of them. Why? Because the media doesn’t care about the victims, they care about pushing a narrative.
It’s sad to see the school district complicit in that.
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