Kindergartener AvaLynn's Eyes Blackened at School, Mother Gets Runaround

[keeponsearching]

I want to think the injuries didn't look so bad at first. I am sure they hurt. My daughter last year when she was 6 fell on some playground equipment and got a huge golf size bump on her leg. In the days to come is swelled more and bruised. I am pretty sure I got a call from the nurse.. My daughter was a twice a week visitor to the nurse.

I hope they get some answers. The pain Ava is in more be horrible. Hope she is on pain meds.

 

[JeannaT]

I can't bring myself to look at the pictures, and admittedly read the first page of posts and then jumped to the end bc I am already procrastinating on the days duties...when was their recess time? If it was at the end of the day could the injuries not looked so bad at first and then continued swelling?

The mother was called when the injuries happened and she went and picked Ava up. So at the time, from the pic I saw of her sitting in her mom's lap, no the injuries didn't look nearly as bad at first as they did a few days later.

 

[JeannaT]

I can't think of any playground equipment would do this. If a tether ball had steel ball, that would result in severe injury and possibly death. I think an adult did this, not a child. Maybe a child and parent are behind it? The parents might of been upset over his or her child being slighted in some way. Just speculation.

It happened at recess. I don't think there would have been a parent-child team there who would have beaten a kindergartner up - and other students have agreed the boy kicked her. I think the school has now acknowledged that another child was involved. If she got a kick in the face, and then face-planted on the ground, I certainly see how all those injuries could be that severe.

 

[killarney rose]

I just hope they look into the child that is supposed to have kicked her. It is frightening to believe a kindergartener can inflict that much damage.

 

[JeannaT]

I just hope they look into the child that is supposed to have kicked her. It is frightening to believe a kindergartener can inflict that much damage.

I think it may be more innocent than it sounds. The family seems to bear no ill-will against the boy, and doesn't want him outed apparently according to Facebook. She was on the ladder - the only way to get kicked in the face if you're on the ladder of the slide is for the person above you on the ladder, or standing on the base of the slide to kick you. It may well be they were having a teasing tussle thing and he kicked backwards, or he was afraid she was going to push him off, and he kicked at her, etc. I don't see the family calling him a monster or anything - rather, the school mishandled it.

 

[gitana1]

I think it may be more innocent than it sounds. The family seems to bear no ill-will against the boy, and doesn't want him outed apparently according to Facebook. She was on the ladder - the only way to get kicked in the face if you're on the ladder of the slide is for the person above you on the ladder, or standing on the base of the slide to kick you. It may well be they were having a teasing tussle thing and he kicked backwards, or he was afraid she was going to push him off, and he kicked at her, etc. I don't see the family calling him a monster or anything - rather, the school mishandled it.

Those injuries are much more than from a tussle and a fall backwards. She has sustained repeated blows to the face - moth, nose and both eyes. No way, IMO, did some kid just kick backwards a little bit, causing her to somehow twist around and fall onto her face - rather than backwards as would be natural.

 

[JeannaT]

Those injuries are much more than from a tussle and a fall backwards. She has sustained repeated blows to the face - moth, nose and both eyes. No way, IMO, did some kid just kick backwards a little bit, causing her to somehow twist around and fall onto her face - rather than backwards as would be natural.

I'm taking into account what the ER doc said - that her injuries were "consistent" with a fall from the slide.

Her left eye wasn't injured. The pic taken sitting on her mom's lap very clearly shows an uninjured eye - but it turned black in the days following due to the blow to her nose/right eye.

As time goes on, we may hear more - but her face looked MUCH better in the hours following the injuries. When you are hit in the base of the nose, both eyes can become black in the coming days - but it doesn't indicate multiple blows.

I guess we'll know more at some point.

 

[Angelonline]

I'm taking into account what the ER doc said - that her injuries were "consistent" with a fall from the slide.

Her left eye wasn't injured. The pic taken sitting on her mom's lap very clearly shows an uninjured eye - but it turned black in the days following due to the blow to her nose/right eye.

As time goes on, we may hear more - but her face looked MUCH better in the hours following the injuries. When you are hit in the base of the nose, both eyes can become black in the coming days - but it doesn't indicate multiple blows.

I guess we'll know more at some point.

BBM
Do you have a link for the bold? I read somewhere the ER dr said the injuries were NOT consistent with a fall from the slide

 

[ontheclock]

Ouch!! That's more than a fall off a slide. J M O

 

[Linda7NJ]

I think it may be more innocent than it sounds. The family seems to bear no ill-will against the boy, and doesn't want him outed apparently according to Facebook. She was on the ladder - the only way to get kicked in the face if you're on the ladder of the slide is for the person above you on the ladder, or standing on the base of the slide to kick you. It may well be they were having a teasing tussle thing and he kicked backwards, or he was afraid she was going to push him off, and he kicked at her, etc. I don't see the family calling him a monster or anything - rather, the school mishandled it.

IMO legally they can't name him, without repercussions. Mom is taking the legal high ground.

If I were in her place, I'd publicly say the same....behind closed doors....WHOLE nuther story!!!


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[ontheclock]

There's really no excuse.

 

[gitana1]

I'm taking into account what the ER doc said - that her injuries were "consistent" with a fall from the slide.

Her left eye wasn't injured. The pic taken sitting on her mom's lap very clearly shows an uninjured eye - but it turned black in the days following due to the blow to her nose/right eye.

As time goes on, we may hear more - but her face looked MUCH better in the hours following the injuries. When you are hit in the base of the nose, both eyes can become black in the coming days - but it doesn't indicate multiple blows.

I guess we'll know more at some point.

Here's the only thing I could find about her doctor:
Lacey rushed Ava to the family pediatrician, who burst into tears upon seeing the Ava's battered visage.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/info/news/avalynn.asp#cAg1hXpltdApI8jX.99

Here's a photo of her injuries:


Yeah, busted noses can sometimes cause bruises around the eyes. But this child's eyes are horribly swollen. Broken noses do not cause swelling like that. Again, I worked with kids for years and witnesses a lot of falls. I;ve never seen anything close to this from a fall.

I also reviewed every single link on this thread and nowhere did I see that doctor found her injuries consistent with a fall. Please link to such a statement.

 

[T-Rex]

According to https://www.facebook.com/justice4ava, her mom has a new lawyer, and he looks good. http://www.forthepeople.com/attorneys/john-c-hall-ii
(They say her previous one had a conflict of interest, but it looks like that just wasn't his area of expertise.) http://themitchellfirms.com/who-we-are/jesse-mitchell/

 

[Linda7NJ]

Here's the only thing I could find about her doctor:
Lacey rushed Ava to the family pediatrician, who burst into tears upon seeing the Ava's battered visage.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/info/news/avalynn.asp#cAg1hXpltdApI8jX.99

Here's a photo of her injuries:
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Yeah, busted noses can sometimes cause bruises around the eyes. But this child's eyes are horribly swollen. Broken noses do not cause swelling like that. Again, I worked with kids for years and witnesses a lot of falls. I;ve never seen anything close to this from a fall.

I also reviewed every single link on this thread and nowhere did I see that doctor found her injuries consistent with a fall. Please link to such a statement.

IMO she was struck more than once.

Looks like eye, nose and check to me.




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[LinasK]

IMO she was struck more than once.

Looks like eye, nose and check to me.




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I agree, it looks much more severe than simply being kicked off a slide. This poor little girl looks like she was punched hard in the face by someone with strength, not a kindergartener. I really hope there's a criminal investigation into this, and that that is the prime focus, not online fundraising!

 

[Linda7NJ]

I agree, it looks much more severe than simply being kicked off a slide. This poor little girl looks like she was punched hard in the face by someone with strength, not a kindergartener. I really hope there's a criminal investigation into this, and that that is the prime focus, not online fundraising!

Online fundraising is okay with me as long as it is used to benefit the child. I'd like to see her tuition paid to a really good private school where she would never have to deal with her abuser or that school and incompetent employees again. IMO


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[LinasK]

Online fundraising is okay with me as long as it is used to benefit the child. I'd like to see her tuition paid to a really good private school where she would never have to deal with her abuser or that school and incompetent employees again. IMO


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True, but it comes across as hinky, ala the KFC scandal, when the mother's immediate concern is to set up a donation site rather than pushing LE to investigate.

 

[gitana1]

True, but it comes across as hinky, ala the KFC scandal, when the mother's immediate concern is to set up a donation site rather than pushing LE to investigate.

But that wasn't her immediate focus. Her immediate focus was, indeed, justice. She was livid and horrified that neither the school nor LE took any action. She was demanding it right away, before any fundraiser was set up.

 

[T-Rex]

Update on the Facebook page: The school has agreed to install cameras, but, "The school system has yet to take any responsibility for the lack of supervision that led to Ava's attack, and the police have decided that the brutally violent act of a child is not criminal. There is no resolution yet, as DHS is investigating the child that attacked Ava, and Lacey and her new legal counsel have a long battle ahead of them to fight the school on taking responsibility."

 

[CHERIE.T]

Mom needs to sue..sorry but imoo she should sue the child's teacher and the principal and the SCHOOL. Some rich person needs to offer this child fully paid private school.