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Parent urges Rockwall ISD to review heat-stroke prevention after student cases
Summary
A parent urged the board to review coach training, strength-conditioning oversight and athletic-trainer coordination after media reports of two youth heat-stroke cases; the commenter said he was denied district reports in 2023 and 2024 and offered to assist with training.
Steve Horowitz, a parent who gave his address to the board, urged Rockwall ISD trustees to review how the district prevents heat-related illnesses in student athletes following media reports of youth heat-stroke cases.
Horowitz said news accounts convinced him to speak and that heat stroke "should never occur," citing one child in Tennessee on a ventilator and another child in Texas in a coma. He said…
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