Overview

• Staff are on campus this week to prepare, with a Wednesday evening open house for families to walk the building and access on-site support.
• Students will return Thursday and Friday for supervised activities with no classes, and short instructional days begin Sept. 29–30.
• Security changes include Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Odie Tucker as a full-time school resource officer, four campus supervisors, and real-time video monitoring for mountain schools.
• Mental-health resources include counseling areas, therapy dogs, a wellness room, and parent information sessions led by the National Mass Violence Center.
• Facilities saw minor repairs such as replaced tiles and posters covering law-enforcement markings on doors, two injured students remain hospitalized, and the sheriff's investigation continues.