‘The Biggest Nightmare’: Parents of a 9-Year-Old in the Music Panic Room of a School Music Room Are Still Fighting for Their Children
Parents of 9-year-old music panic victims at a South Carolina school are fighting to make sure their kids don’t end up in the music panic rooms of other schools.
On Thursday, parents of the young boy who died in the school music room were joined by parents from around the country to speak to the media and press at a press conference.
The boy was found dead last week by his father after a brief phone call.
The incident is the latest in a series of tragic school deaths involving children in the room.
According to a report by ABC News, at least 11 kids have died in music panicrooms since 2013, according to a review of records obtained by ABCNews.com by the Center for Media Justice.
“They’ve done this before,” said Michael Lipscomb, a professor of education at the University of South Carolina, and author of the book, “The Bigger Picture.”
“They’re not doing this because of any kind of parental or school decision, but because they’ve had to, and the way they’ve been able to do it has not been in a way that was designed to be a good thing.”
The boy, who has not yet been identified, was playing on his iPod when he suddenly stopped playing, said Lipscom.
The school is working with the parents to find a solution to the problem.
The district has offered to provide free laptops and iPads to parents.
“There’s a lot of people who’ve been in that situation, and that’s what we want to help them get through,” said Lippscomb.