BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — Apalachee High School students and staff are allowed to pick up their belongings days after four people were killed in a shooting.
Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach was on the school campus Monday as groups of students, parents, law enforcement and teachers arrived.
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On Wednesday, deputies say 14-year-old Colt Gray opened fire inside the school. Four people were killed: math teachers 39-year-old Richard Aspinwall and 53-year-old Cristina Irimie and 14-year-old students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn.
Barrow County Schools will return to class on Tuesday. It’s unclear when classes at Apalachee High School will resume.
On Monday, a group of around 100 teachers, administrators and staff from Barrow County Schools gathered in front of the school on Monday to show their support for each other.
“When you’re actually here, where it happened, actually took place at, I mean it’s a whole different feeling,” said teacher Darrel Wilkerson, who works at a neighboring elementary school.
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Barrow County Superintendent Dr. Dallas LeDuff sent a video message to families on Sunday night.
He thanked the community, law enforcement and first responders. He said there will be many tough decisions to make and discussions going forward.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is setting up a community recovery center for free resources and mental health services.
The center will open at 12 p.m. at the Barrow Leisure Services Center at 175 2nd St. on Monday until 5 p.m. The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
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