Five teachers had announced their retirement before April 20. The school has 106 faculty members. The request to extend the earlyretirement window actually came from employees at other district schools, Saltzman said. This tragedy affected every employee in the district,'' she said. The private, nonprofit group worked with the district to coordinate volunteer mental health services for students, staff members and families.
Teachers are in teaching because they love kids.
They take very personally their job to teach and protect their students. Doherty said the center has served an average of 10 employees a day at free drop-in centers at four Jefferson County locations. Those will be open until May 30. During June, employees will be able to drop in for services at least one day a week at the Jefferson County Education Association headquarters in Lakewood. The Denver Post.