TITLE

Colo. District Copes Amid Grief, Fear

AUTHOR(S)

Portner, Jessica; Schnaiberg, Lynn

PUB. DATE

May 1999

SOURCE

Education Week;05/05/99, Vol. 18 Issue 34, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Provides an update on Columbine High School, Colorado after the shooting that killed 12 students, a teacher and the two gunmen. Indefinite closure of the school; Remarks from Frank L. DeAngelis, principal of Columbine High; Information on Chatfield High School, where the students will be transferred; Offers of support; Attention to the students' emotional needs. INSETS: Reeling Under the Collective Media Lights;Littleton: A Case of Mistaken Geographical..., by Lynn....

ACCESSION #

1875803

Tags: COLUMBINE High School (Littleton, Colo.);  SCHOOL violence

 

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