Students at Platte Canyon High School and Fitzsimmons Middle School in Bailey will resume their normal schedules on Thursday, district officials announced today.
The schools have been closed since Wednesday, when Duane Morrison entered the high school and held several students hostage before killing 16-year-old Emily Keyes and then turning the gun on himself.
"Our students and staff continue to grieve and to heal. I thank all of you in our Bailey community and the broader community across the country for your support," Platte Canyon School District Superintendent Jim Walpole said in a release. "I ask that you take time for a special prayer for our students, parents, and staff at your church services today and tomorrow's Yom Kippur day of prayers. I also ask you to pray for our community officers and emergency response personnel who are experiencing the pain of this tragic event."
Walpole said district officials are concentrating today on collecting personal belongings to be returned to students this week and on preparing the schools for reopening.
The district is asking middle and high school students and their parents to come to school Wednesday between 8 and 11 a.m. to meet with teachers, obtain schedules and new room assignments, and pick-up personal items left during the evacuation.
There will be no school at Deer Creek Elementary on Wednesday. Classes resume Thursday on a regular schedule.
