Milby High School student hit and killed by train, HISD confirms

[@e2ndcomingsoon655]

Oh no!!! I’m sorry for the loss of such young life!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@markharris9631]

It’s not patience they need they need to fix the tracks with more safety precautions

[@ATStormRider]

We need to teach patience.

[@ScottBecker-c1k]

This isn't the first time I have heard tragic stories like this. The end result is the same. Talk, talk, talk, blah, blah, blah, and nothing gets done. What they need to do is close the school for three months so that the students, parents, and staff can go through the shock and grieving process, then have groups of people sit down with pencil, paper, and a cup of coffee, and come up with a game plan so that this never happens again. Re-route the trains, reschedule classes, shorten the school day, change services, more buses, have teachers and staff pick up and drop off the kids. I'm sure if everyone sits down at a table and puts their heads together, they can come up with a plan.

[@jryecart8017]

Family of boy who drowned sues Houston Racquet Club The family of a 4-year-old boy who drowned this summer at the Houston Racquet Club filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the club and four staff members Thursday, saying the facility failed to provide proper adult supervision and adequately trained life guards. "There was a complete breakdown of the system at the racquet club on every level," said Scott Marrs, attorney for David and Kathleen Pluchinsky, whose son John died July 18. "You have lifeguards that are not adequately doing their job, supervisors not doing their job and managers not doing their job." The club could not be reached for comment. "We really feel for her because the racquet club put her in that position," said Marrs, who added the Pluchinskys are not members of the club. "It was the racquet club's job to make sure that she had the support and training she needed to do her job." After an investigation prompted by John's death last month, The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ruled the club was responsible for the boy's death because it failed to provide supervision at the pool. Further, the agency ruled the club's summer camp for 4-year-olds was an illegal child care program because it wasn't licensed by the state. According to the suit, there were 30 to 40 youngsters and teen counselors in the pool with two 15-year-old life guards on duty the morning John died. The girl was watching over the main pool, while the boy was watching over a slide, Marrs said. The teen counselors and life guards, Marrs said, were socializing instead of watching over the children. The suit claims John and his brother were at their second day of camp when John's body was discovered floating in the pool. Workers didn't know his name or have any form of identification on him, the suit claims. Officials had also wrongly told the boy's mother her it was her eldest son who had died, according to the lawsuit. "She went to identify his body at the hospital," Marrs said. "She was in total morbid shock."