After a week and a half delay, thousands of students started their school year in Ferguson Missouri Monday. As IPR’s Tim Lloyd tells us, kids, parents and teachers say they’re happy to be back in the classroom.
A row of teachers welcomed students back to Ferguson Middle School this morning. Donnetta Cleveland’s daughter Dalicia is starting seventh grade.
“Whoo…you just don’t know, I’m so excited I’m ready to do a cartwheel!”
Her daughter Dalicia is really excited, too. At the same time she’s been talking with her friends about the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.
“They didn’t have to shoot him. He was still trying to grow up himself.”
The Ferguson-Florissant School District expects those types of conversations to spill over into the classroom.
Last week teachers received a crash course in crisis counseling. And the district brought in extra mental health professions to help students shaken by recent events.
