LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KTRK) Educators at Brazosport ISD are raising money in hopes to honor one of their former students who tragically died last September after contracting a brain-eating amoeba in Lake Jackson.
Josiah McIntyre, 6, died after fighting an infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, which is caused by Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic organism.
Now, employees from the district Josiah once attended said they hope to raise enough money to build a playground in his honor at his former elementary school. The new playground will be Astros blue and orange with a baseball statue and a commemorative plaque, said Executive Director of BISD s Education Foundation Brittany Rosenbohm. Josiah s contagious smile and kindness left a lasting impression to so many people and especially to his Madge Griffith family.
Madge Griffith playground named in honor of 6-year-old Josiah Christopher McIntyre who died from brain eating amoeba in Lake Jackson
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LAKE JACKSON â Residents can look forward to having their water cleared of free chlorine by Christmas, city officials said.
The return to monochloramines as a disinfectant and mixing the system with Brazosport Water Authority water began Monday.
Free chlorine, a harsher disinfectant, was used to ensure the cityâs water supply was cleared of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that killed 6-year-old Josiah McIntyre.
The smell of chlorine in the tap water should go away if dosages are in the correct proportions, which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is in town to ensure, Superintendent of Utilities Debbie Webb said.