The Columbine Tragedy

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I met with parents of student 176572. It appears that yesterday this student was engaged in a conversation in regards to the Columbine tragedy. It appears that the students in the class overheard the conversation and reported it to the counselor-Dearborn, in turn contacted me. Upon the completion of these findings, the parents verified that his sister was sharing a testimony in regards to one of the victims of the shootings, they indicated that they had watched a documentary about it, because there is a movie coming out about it. It appears that the student wanted to know whether the teacher new any information about it.

I emphasized the seriousness of talking about this event on campus and that we would be following up with the proper

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