North Texas assistant principal permanently blinded in right eye after student attacks her

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:01:36 Category: News & Politics

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OFF. OFF. >>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I‘M KAREN BORTA. WE ARE HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING FROM AN EDUCATOR WHO WAS INJURED BY AN OUT OF CONTROL STUDENT. KENDRA RODGERS SHOWED US HER EYE INJURY WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A WOODEN HANGER. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE DETAILS AND SOME WILL BE HARD TO HEAR. WE ARE LIVE WHERE RODGERS HAD A LOT TO SAY THIS MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME RODGERS HAD ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AT COLLINS INTERMEDIATE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. NOW, SHE IS SAYING HER RIGHT EYE COULD BE POSSIBLY BLINDED. HER FAMILY STOOD BEHIND HER AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DETAILED WHAT HAPPENED. STARTING WITH A BEHAVIORAL CALL TO A CLASSROOM BECAUSE OF AN IRATE STUDENT. SHE SAW THE STUDENT RANSACKING THE ROOM AND KNOCKING OVER FURNITURE. RODGERS TOLD US THE STUDENT THROUGH A TOTAL OF THREE CHAIRS AT HER AND ANOTHER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AS THEY TRIED TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO BLOCK A WOODEN HANGER THROWN AT HER WHICH KNOCKED HER RIGHT EYE OUT OF THE SOCKET. DOCTORS TOLD HER THEY BELIEVE SHE HAS PERMANENTLY LOST SIGHT IN THAT I NOT. SHE THEN TURNED HER ATTENTION TO GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND CALLED ON LAWMAKERS TO FREE UP STATE MONEY TO HELP DISTRICTS WITH SAFETY AND EDUCATION FUNDING. >> WE MUST ALSO CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR EDUCATIONAL STAFF. OUR SAFETY IS IMPORTANT TOO. WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO FEAR BEING IN A CLASSROOM WITH

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