An Arizona honor student who “liked to help out at school” was killed by a “busted” campus gate that fell on the 9-year-old — “crushing her skull” in front of the girl’s 7-year-old sister — as she helped a staffer close it, a lawsuit says.
Flowing Wells Unified School District in Tucson reached a settlement last week with Arlette Chavira’s parents, Sergio Chavira and Luz Encinas, after they filed a $15 million claim against it for their daughter’s 2023 death, according to online court records.
The notice of claim, which was filed in April 2024, describes how Arlette had just met up with her sister and was walking across the courtyard at Centennial Elementary School to meet their mother at the nearby junior high where she works when the pair noticed a rolling gate that was open…