'As a parent, we send our kids to school trusting that they will be cared for,' one parent said, as it's claimed the push-ups were a form of punishment (via toofab)
One mother claimed her son was forced to do 300 to 400 push-ups, without water breaks, and was hospitalized for rhabdomyolysis , the Dallas Morning News reported.
"As a parent, we send our kids to school trusting that they will be cared for at the highest level. That has been the case until this unfortunate event," she said. The news outlet said at least eight players were hospitalized following the athletic class last Friday."The district is also taking interim action, including but not limited to, placing Coach Harrell on administrative leave while the investigation is pending and notifying appropriate outside agencies," the letter to parents read."District administrators and campus personnel have been in contact with the affected families and student-athletes.
"He’s treated us with nothing but respect, and he loves every single one of us like his own," Luff expressed, while his mother, Stefanie, said,"If anything was going on with this situation that I thought these kids were being harmed, I would've been the first person up at the principal's officer or wherever I need to go to have this shut down."
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