An assistant principal is speaking out after an altercation with a student that reportedly left her blind in one eye.
Candra Rogers was responding to a report of students fighting in a classroom at Collins Intermediate School in Corsicana on August 15. During the incident, a child threw several chairs at Rogers, all of which she managed to dodge. However, the child then threw a hanger, which unfortunately pierced the principal’s eye.
One 11 year old student was taken into police custody after the alleged assault.
The injury was so severe that paramedics who responded to the school decided Rogers needed to be airlifted to a hospital.
Rogers was left blind in the eye — and it’s likely permanent, she said. If it’s found to be untreatable, doctors will have to remove her eye.
She also must undergo reconstructive surgery on her eyelid.
District officials did not name the student in the statement because they are a juvenile.
