She stated college students would arrive at college Monday “to a tragedy.”
“It’s going to be a troublesome time for commencement and for these youngsters, and we can be right here for them and their households for the length,” Smith stated.
Dadeville Excessive Faculty’s commencement is scheduled for Could 25, in line with the college’s web site.
At Dadeville, which had 485 college students from grades 6-12 enrolled final yr, head soccer coach Roger McDonald stated he would attempt his greatest to help grieving college students.
“There’s not a playbook for one thing like this,” he stated. “The perfect you (can) do is simply love in your youngsters, let all of them know the way a lot you care about them, be there for them.”
Assistant coach Michael Taylor, who first met sufferer Dowdell when he was 9, was there as the teenager’s physique was carried out of the dance studio. He wasn’t positive what he’d inform his different athletes on Monday.
