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Even if students didn’t know the victims, they see reminders on social media, memorial posts and the T-shirts friends and family wear in trying to raise funds for a funeral. Jaleyah Collier hugs her friend Shelsea Reyes, 17, as they spend time together after school at Hawkins High School. Left, Jaleyah Collier hugs her friend Shelsea Reyes, 17. Right, Collier jokes with her friends after school hours at Hawkins High School.
The exercise was intended to develop positive coping and conflict resolution skills. One by one, the students took turns sharing stories of loss. Similar scenes played out at several area schools where students had known the boys who were killed.Kids in the highest-homicide areas are more likely to come from poverty and perform lower on state tests.
Jason Powell, a teacher at Dymally High School, huddles with students for the community circle portion of his class. “You look at the kind of complex traumas that some of these young people face, it requires professionals who understand those situations,” said UCLA education professor Tyrone Howard.— Luis Montoya, principal of Fremont High School
Ban Schools?
And the cost of living in California
So I assume you want disarm us in the face of this violence?
What's it like to live in a sea of feral people preying on the weak while intellectuals pretend it's normal and politicians grin and court their votes?
FUN FACT: Los Angeles isn't on the list of the top 25 most violent cities in the U.S.
Schools are located in gun free zones. You mean to tell me that criminals are not obeying the law? What other gun control laws are these criminals violating? Think they will follow *checks notes* common sense gun reforms? 🙄
Are you saying that the City of Los Angeles with the likes of ericgarcetti and JimmyGomezCA don't look out for students of color? I would have never known.
We are not protecting the rights of these children to live and learn in a safe environment
Jesus Christ LA clean up your streets.
To get to school, Carl avoids the street where his brother was killed in a hit-and-run. Isabella walks past a strip mall where three teens were shot. Cheyenne drives past the spot where two friends were shot and killed. Follow their paths: