As you all know, there was a tragedy that hit our school. Two of our fellow students were involved in a motor vehicle accident two weeks ago. One of our fellow peers lost his life that night. The other student involved was left severely injured. This was a shock to our community and to our school. Thinking that this heartbreaking accident would bring us together in this time of grief and shock, in reality it brought unwanted disrespect and terrible comments about the accident. These comments were directed towards the friends, families, and people involved in this tragedy.
As we move forward as a community, this tragedy should never be forgotten. Despite the people who will continue to be disrespectful towards the situation as a school we should come together to show the friends and family of the victims that we are here and that we will continue to honor them and help in anyway we can.
With that said, Aaron Dotter, the passenger in the vehicle is going to have a very long and hard recovery due to the injuries he revived from the accident. There is a go fund me that is for his financial support if any of you are able to donate that would be greatly appreciated. I have the okay from Mr. Davis to start up a fundraiser in Aaron's name, the details are pending but as soon as we get started there will be more information as we go along. I ask you to help in any way you can, be compassionate towards the situation and keep the friends and families of those affected in your thoughts and prayers.
It's always so hard to lose a member of a community. Of course people are going to react differently to the loss depending on how close they were to the victims; it's natural that not everyone is going to feel the same degree of grief. But it was absolutely sickening to learn that some members of our community are so heartless as to be disrespectful toward the victims and their friends/family. Being a teenager is not an excuse for being a terrible person. That said, I think this also brought to light some divisions that exist between students in our community and I wish we could do something to bridge those gaps.
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly agree with you about this horrific situation. The comments that were made made it extremely hard for me to have hope for our student body and opened my eyes to how awful some people can be. The reactions to a death are always going to be different, but the lack of empathy was genuinely appalling. I also feel that the school should be doing a lot more to reach out in regards to financial and even emotional support. I just don't feel the sense of unity and equality that I should from this school concerning this issue.
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