Only 13 of 372 students were absent today, an attendance rate one percent higher than a normal day. All 24 kindergarten students attended class today, five days after a man wielding a machete entered their class, slashing students and the teacher. Logan Brown, who was in the cafeteria at the time of Friday's attack, was mostly focused on his first-grade class lessons. No security system will keep people out. We can't protect them against everything.
All good things take time.
A team of nine psychologists and other counseling professionals were there to deal with any questions or problems, Macaluso said. One room was set aside for parents who wanted to meet with counselors. Eight parents had taken advantage of the opportunity, Macaluso said. Collier was expected to return to the classroom today as a visitor. A substitute teacher will take over her class until Collier can return full time, but Macaluso said Collier is determined to at least visit with the kids today.