Family identifies 6-year-old Paulding Co. student who died on field trip to farm

A McGarity Elementary School student who died on Wednesday during a field trip to Carlton Farms in Rockmart has been recognized by her household.

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On Wednesday, the Polk County Police Department confirmed to Channel 2’s Bryan Mims that a employees member seen a 6-year-old lady was lacking. They later discovered her unresponsive in a pool next to a home on the property.

The household has recognized the 6-year-old as Victoria King.

The uncles and aunts of King despatched the next assertion to Channel 2 Action News:

The household is still in deep grief and struggling with unanswered questions. They haven’t been told how faculty employees misplaced observe of her, how she acquired to the pool, or how long she was there. The pool was not half of the trip, and the household still doesn’t know how it was accessible or whether or not it had been correctly secured or supervised as an grownup pool.

The household can not perceive why an grownup swimming pool on the same property was left unguarded or accessible while a faculty field trip of younger youngsters was underway. They are heartbroken, confused, and still have no clear solutions about what occurred to their baby.

What has made it even tougher is that no one from McGarity Elementary has personally reached out — not a single call, message, or consultant has contacted the dad and mom to offer condolences or go to to mourn with them. While the college neighborhood acquired a normal letter, the dad and mom themselves had been never contacted or comforted immediately, and that silence has added to their pain.

In distinction, the Rockmart Walmart neighborhood and management personally reached out to offer condolences and help with something needed, and their kindness meant a great deal to the household during this painful time.

At this level, Victoria’s dad and mom will not be prepared for interviews, but they need people to perceive the depth of their loss, the unanswered questions they still face, and how a lot the compassion of the neighborhood has meant in contrast to the silence from the college.

The household continues to hope that the reality will come out and that justice might be served for Victoria.

Thank you for your understanding and for overlaying this story with compassion and accuracy.

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The farm where King died is in style during the autumn with its pumpkins and corn maze. It has been family-owned for more than a century.

Mims spoke briefly with a lady on the property, who said no one at the farm can be making any remark.

The Paulding County School District expressed its deepest condolences to the household and buddies of the student and is offering counseling and bereavement assist companies to all college students and employees as they cope with the loss.

“Our hearts are with the student’s family and loved ones,” principal Jamesa Hodge wrote in a letter to the college neighborhood. “This is a difficult time for all of us, but I know our McGarity community will come together with compassion and care as we remember our classmate.”

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says it has been requested to help with the death investigation.

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