Middle school students in Frisco are learning CPR and how to use a defibrillator as part of an expanded CPR awareness curriculum.
The curriculum gives every sixth-grader in the district hands-on CPR training. It costs less than $10,000 to implement at the district's middle schools.
"If you don't know how to do it and there's somebody who needs it, they can possibly die," sixth-grader Ellee Edgar said.
Last year, seventh-grader Kylee Shea collapsed while walking to gym class after her heart stopped beating.
Her coaches, Kristen Goodgion and Brent Reeese, revived her by performing CPR and using a defibrillator.
"It can't just happen to an adult or to a student running -- it can happen to anybody, anytime," Kylee said.
Since her collapse, the school's coaches and Kylee's mother have been crucial in creating and championing the training.
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"That was the biggest driving force is we need to get the word out," Goodgion said. "We need to get everybody prepared to do what they need to do."
Seventh- and eighth-graders in physical education classes will also receive the training.
"It's amazing, because two ordinary people can do it," Kylee said. "It's not just coaches. Everybody can do it."
