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Mother urges MISD to educate students and staff after daughter’s retinal injury from laser pointer
Summary
A Midland parent described two retinal injuries to her daughter caused by laser pointers and asked the board to increase awareness, document incidents and encourage medical follow‑up; the board agreed to follow up and review photographs of the injury.
A Midland parent told the school board Sept. 16 that her daughter suffered two retinal injuries after peers shined laser pointers at her, and she urged district leaders to increase awareness and change campus responses to such incidents.
Toni Tarango described an incident in 2023 when her daughter was struck in the left eye by a laser pointer while in elementary school, which a retina specialist later diagnosed as a retinal burn.…
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