An important moment for Apalachee High School is scheduled to occur at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday — students will return to class.
Classes have not taken place at the school, nestled in the small Barrow County community of Winder, since Sept. 4. That is when authorities say a 14-year-old student shot and killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others.
The shooting left a community struggling with trauma and grief.
Afterward, the school district closed all schools for three days, and every other school except for Apalachee High resumed classes Sept. 10. The high school had about 1,900 students last school year, more than any school in Barrow, according to state data.
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Teachers and staff have already returned to Apalachee High to prepare for students. Some extracurricular activities have resumed, including the football team resuming practice .
The changes
Many things, though, will be different Tuesday.
For example, the hall where the shooting took place will be closed for the remainder of the school year, so social studies classes will be held in another building a few miles away, the school district website says. Some in the Apalachee community have raised concerns that moving social studies classes separates students from their classmates.