after sharing her inhaler with an asthmatic
student who was gasping for breath on Tuesday.
She now faces up to 30 days at alternative
school, following a hearing on Friday.
Indiyah Rush, 12, may also face a month in an
alternative school as part of her punishment,
Fox4 reported.
Rush, a A/B honor roll student, was in gym class
at Schrade Middle School in Garland, Texas when
her classmate began wheezing and gasping for
breath.
"Asthma gets worse by every second," Rush,
who has had the disease since she was 5, told
Fox4.com.
Rush offered the girl her inhaler and the two
were sent to the principal's office, where Rush
was punished with several days of at-home
suspension and 30 days of alternative school.
According to the school district, sending a
student to a month of alternative school is an
automatic punishment for sharing a controlled
substance, which includes prescription drugs like
inhalers. The final punishment may change after
a hearing scheduled for Friday.
"It's a prescription and
one student's severity with asthma may
not mirror that of the girl who let the other
borrow hers and that could have resulted
in some pretty significant issues," Chris
Moore, Garland Independent School
District spokesman, told Fox4.
Rush's mother is concerned that time at an
alternative school is an excessive punishment.
"My kid would be mixed with kids that are
using drugs at school or being caught
with drugs, acting out in class," Monique
Rush told Fox4. "I don't want any of that
to rub off on her."
"I was just trying to save her life," Indiyah
said. "I didn't know I was doing anything
bad."
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