Vigils, fundraisers and benefits – and a trip back to campus – leave families wondering if normalcy will ever return.
Saugus high students Katie Thanaet and Tyler Wilson look over items left at a memorial in front of the school Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Students were allowed back on campus to collect their belongings left behind after the tragic shooting on Thursday, Nov. 14. Classes will resume at the high school on Dec. 2. Picking up the pieces after last week’s deadly shooting at Saugus High School is like picking up an anvil. One of my friends described the past few days this way.
My son, who is a freshman at Saugus High and was on campus when the shooting started, wanted to go to the vigil in Central Park. Thousands of people showed up. Students, classmates of the kids who were killed, spoke about their memories. City, school and religious leaders gave speeches. My son wanted to go to school on Tuesday to pick up his saxophone. He is in the school band and he left his saxophone in the band room when he was evacuated. He told me two of his friends were practicing outside the band room when the shooting started. They ran. They also left their backpacks, cell phones, books, instruments behind. For hours, he didn’t know where they were. The music teacher didn’t have all his students accounted for. The girls ended up at a nearby Starbucks.
The students won’t resume their normal school routine until after Thanksgiving break. They have two weeks off from school, to grieve, to heal, to worry and dwell on what happened. Time will help close some of the wounds, but there are some kids who just want to get back to their normal high school life. I wonder if they will ever have a sense of normalcy at school again.
The Hart school district set up a #SaugusStrong web page full of resources and links to help students and parents prepare for the return to school in the aftermath of a mass shooting. It’s all helpful and disturbing. Who wants to read about critical incident stress management or managing distress in the aftermath of a mass shooting? Reading about how to talk to your kid after losing a band competition sounds much more enjoyable.
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