Krystle Hall was alarmed to hear the voicemail hours after her 11-year-old son had gone to school Monday morning.
A staffer called to tell her that Kamari, a fifth grader at Grand River Academy in Livonia, was given a marijuana edible and, on the advice of a poison control specialist, would be headed to a hospital.
Hall said she learned a classmate handed her son a drug-laced gummy but failed to inform him of the ingredients.
Though Kamari appears to be recovering after reporting feeling ill, she no longer wants him or his sister at the charter school after the academic year ends next month. She also is demanding action.
“It’s unacceptable,” Hall said Wednesday. “I understand that this is a school and there are hundreds of kids, but something has to be done.”
Officials with Grand River Academy and National Heritage Academies, which oversees the K-8 school, did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday or Wednesday.
In a letter to parents Tuesday, which The Detroit News obtained, principal Ryan Garza described the incident as prompting a visit from emergency personnel.
“A student brought in a banned item and shared it with a classmate,” he said.
“While student privacy rights prevent me from sharing specific details, what I can share is that the safety and well-being of our school community remains our highest priority. The student involved will be disciplined in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.”
The incident came weeks after another high-profile episode…
