Evergreen students return to school surrounded by community support
By Sage Kelley | The Denver Gazette
Evergreen High School students returned to campus on Thursday morning, two weeks after a shooting shocked the small town.
Parents stood on the sideline, holding signs of support. More than 100 posters from Colorado cities, spanning from Telluride to Steamboat Springs, lined the school’s halls, sharing condolences and words of encouragement.
“It was difficult, for sure,” Tyler Guyton, a senior and one of two student body presidents, said. “For the past week, people have been trying to ignore it, but it’s hard to ignore it when you’re back in the school and see the posters on the wall, the new tiles and all that stuff.”
The staff had returned to the school Monday.
Thursday and Friday are “gradual” days for the students, with classes onl...
