I'm reluctant to jump to conclusions, so I have to just wonder how she got ahold of her mother's testing supplies. Used testing sticks are a biohazard, and there are very specific methods you're supposed to use for disposal. No 8-year-old should ever be anywhere near a diabetics supplies, used or not.
But we shouldn't be surprised. We're living in a time of 1st graders bringing a gun to school to kill a classmate.
I would also like to add that, despite the above bit of cynicism, school is one of the safest places for a child to be in the US, and incidents like this make the news because they are rare.
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