A report from Gulf Coast News tells the story of a Florida family now facing criminal charges after a middle school student nearly died from a fentanyl overdose at school. Reporter Kendall Brandt said the girl’s parents, Courtney Delaney and Joshua Sanders, appeared in court on child neglect charges after deputies said their daughter used Sanders’ fentanyl in a bathroom at L.A. Ainger Middle School in Charlotte County.
What makes this case especially hard to process is how many warning signs seem to be packed into one event. A child was at school, in the middle of a normal day, then suddenly collapsed into a medical emergency serious enough to require CPR and Narcan. By the time the story reached court, both parents were in jail and their children were being pulled into the child welfare system.
Brandt’s report made clear that this was not treated as a minor school discipline problem or even just a drug possession case. It became a life-and-death emergency, then a family court matter, then a criminal case all at once.
A School Bathroom Became The Center Of A Near-Fatal Emergency
According to Brandt, deputies say the girl used fentanyl in a bathroom at the school on Tuesday. The report said at least two other girls were with her when it happened…