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Source: Source Weekly

Thursday was not like any other morning at Silver Rail Elementary. Students walked through the doors of the school in southeast Bend for the first time since a 16-year-old gunman killed three students and a teacher in a classroom on Oct. 15. But officials and educators with Bend-La Pine Schools said one of the goals of the day was to help students regain routines and help their healing after about four weeks away from school. “We want school to feel as typical as possible,” said Karen Rush, executive director of elementary schools with the district. “We know that those predictable structures and routines are what help support students as they transition back to school.” Some parents shed tears or lingered outside the school after escorting their children through the parking lot to the front doors just before 8 a.m. Thursday morning.

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