If confirmed, the 14-year-old would be the fifth student in the district to die of a fentanyl overdose this school year.
Janel Rodriguez, who lost her son, Noah, in August, put up a billboard with “faces of fentanyl” — children who died of fentanyl overdoses in the Hays County area.A 14-year-old Hays Consolidated Independent School District student died in San Marcos on Jan. 3, leaving authorities suspecting yet another accidental narcotics overdose, according to the city.
In addition, three of the girl’s fellow Hays CISD students — “as young as 7th grade” — also suffered suspected fentanyl poisonings over winter break, district Superintendent Eric Wright said in aA family member found the now-deceased 14-year-old unconscious in her room about 12:30 p.m. Jan. 3. Her family administered CPR as instructed by a 911 dispatch, according to the City of San Marcos.
Hays CISD has received help from the Drug Enforcement Administration and neighboring districts in the form of educational materials like posters and videos to spread awareness of the danger of the opioid, said Tim Savoy, chief communication officer at Hays CISD. And the district is sharing the resources it makes with the Texas Education Agency.
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