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Superintendent highlights community support and healing after recent student losses
Summary
Superintendent Gass described the district's response to recent student deaths, praising staff flexibility and community agency support and noting a drumming gathering as an important healing moment. He also outlined upcoming student activities and supports.
Superintendent Gass opened the report by acknowledging recent losses in the student community and the district's response. "It was a tough day... It was a tough, tough Tuesday for our kiddos," he said, and noted staff and community agencies provided support during re-entry. Gass credited district staff, ESP personnel and county partners for stabilizing students when they returned to campus.
Gass described a schoolwide drumming and gathering the district used as a healing activity and highlighted continued supports: counseling, youth programming on closed school days, and coordination with tribal partners. Teachers and board members also praised FFA students for community service during a local funeral, naming a number of student volunteers.
