As Glenelg High School continues to reel just over a week after two students, a brother and sister, were violently killed, students and staff at the institution in rural Howard County have held small memorials.
Last week, Glenelg’s student government asked the school to wear pajama pants for the second time in the span of a month. In December, it was for spirit week; last Thursday, it was because Hailey Zanski always wore them. Green or blue attire was preferred, the favorite colors of her brother, Braden Zanski.
Students heading to the high school for their midterm exams said that school has been different since last week — the tone has become more somber, and the siblings are no longer there. A Howard County Public Schools spokesperson said this week that additional mental health support staff would be at Glenelg High for “as long as they’re needed” as students continue to mourn the loss of their young classmates, who were killed last week in what police described as a “double murder-suicide” that rocked the Western Howard County community.