Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate

Field Trips Canceled After Students See Autopsy of Classmate

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463364,00.html

PONTIAC, Mich. — A medical examiner's office in Michigan has canceled public school tours after a high school group watched the autopsy of a 14-year-old girl from their district.

The Detroit News reports Monday that Oakland County officials decided to stop the tours in Pontiac after they were contacted by the girl's parents, who were very upset about the March tour.

Mike Zehnder, the county's director of public services, says it was "a poor decision" to let the tour go on.

The newspaper reports the teacher who brought in the Waterford Kettering High School group was told the autopsy would be of a Waterford middle school student and discussed that with students.

We can't afford them.

How sad to see a district that has the money use it for this kind of a trip. I agree, this is sick on many different levels.

WTF were they thinking?

It's very disturbing to a nonmedical person even if it isn't someone you know.

"i know that girl..."

I wonder if there's more to it. Did the girl die of violence or drug-related causes, and this was an effort to 'scare straight' the class?

If not, it is beyond weird.

seriously how moronic, stupid and assanine do you have to be to do this??????

:eyes:

I can't imagine a parent EVER signing a permission slip for a HS student to attend an autopsy.

:wtf:

Who in the hell would think this would be a good field trip...let alone seeing a 14 yo being autopsied?!:wtf:

but wouldn't dissecting a dead cricket or frog have been a better option? Maybe it was a sick attempt at scaring the kids straight, which still doesn't make it right.

Period.