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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
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