Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD to hold fentanyl workshops for parents

CARROLLTON (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Within the wake of three pupil deaths attributable to fentanyl, Carrollton-Farmers Department is holding two workshops for fogeys over the subsequent few weeks. The primary is being held tomorrow.

“It is horrible. I feel dad and mom ought to get entangled. It is a very harmful drug,” mentioned Balmori Garcia, the uncle of CFBISD college students.

On February 9, the district held a presentation for fogeys on the risks of fentanyl. At that presentation, Angelina Rogers’ mom shared the heart-wrenching particulars of her daughter’s loss of life. She mentioned one other pupil gave her daughter the capsule laced with the lethal drug.

“She had Oxys and he or she gave one to my daughter. My daughter took half and by no means wakened,” she mentioned.

Mother and father will get one other likelihood to study concerning the risks of fentanyl at two mother or father workshops held by the district. 

The primary will probably be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. and one other on Mar. 22 at 6 p.m. Each workshops will probably be held on the Training Providers Division Complicated on 1820 Pearl St. in Carrollton.

A consultant for the district tells us the workshops will embody info on how dad and mom can monitor their kid’s mobile phone and social media.

The district says they’re partnering with native regulation enforcement and well being authorities to watch the fentanyl disaster in colleges. Narcan – an antidote for opioid overdoses – is being stocked in any respect campuses.

The workshops can even present suggestions for fogeys about how they will battle the fentanyl downside.

“I discuss to them about that on a regular basis. That is all you are able to do is chat with them and allow them to understand how harmful that drug is,” mentioned Garcia. “What else are you able to do?”