Lakeland school for girls closes two years after student's death; parents announce planned lawsuit

Fox 13 ^ | March 22, 2022 | Ken Suarez

[Morgana]

LAKELAND, Fla. - A school that marketed itself as being a place for troubled teens in Lakeland has closed.

The death of 17-year-old Naomi Wood at Lakeland Girls Academy, on May 19, 2020, was made public last year after an investigation showed she had complained about stomach pains in the weeks before.

The investigation revealed Wood asked to see a doctor, but was refused and was instead offered over the counter medication, soup, and prayer.

"Staff members made the child get up for meals and fed her soup, as that is their protocol when children are sick. They also prayed for her to get better," documents from the Department of Children and Families' investigation said. "Facility staff did not seek any medical attention for the child until she was found in her room unresponsive."

The head of Florida’s child protective team wrote that Naomi’s death was, "consistent with delay in seeking care and medical neglect."

[Albion Wilde]

I don’t think anyone disagrees that a certain number of these places are corrupt and dangerous. The disagreements I read on your previous thread had to do with the author characterizing all of Christianity in the same way.