One student's return to CVPA shows emotional weight of school shooting
As students came back to the building for in-person classes, one student processed what happened and what she needs to move forward.
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As students came back to the building for in-person classes, one student processed what happened and what she needs to move forward.
Students returned to class at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis City yesterday for the first time since a deadly shooting closed the school last October.Evan Holden is a student at the University of Missouri who graduated from the St. Louis Public School District, and his mom, Colette Morton is still a literature teacher there. They sat down recently and spoke about how the reality of school-based gun violence has impacted their relationship.
Students and staff at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School return to in-person learning on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Counselors were on hand to support students Tuesday at Central VPA High School, and the emphasis was on making the day as normal as possible.
The students back in class at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School will have half days this week, to ease the transition.