BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — Students will go through a full day of classes at Apalachee High School on Monday for the first time since the Sept. 4 shooting that killed two students and two teachers.
The school returned late last month with half days, and had planned for the full return for Oct. 14 coming out of last week's fall break.
A calendar on the school's Facebook page highlights Monday, saying, "Welcome back for full days!"
The return for a full day marks another step in the recovery process at Apalachee, after the losses of students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn and teachers Cristina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall.
Earlier this month, they played their first home football game as well.
"It’s our community coming together like we normally do on a Friday night, but this Friday night feels a little different. We are missing some people," teacher and girls' soccer coach Omeed Behzadi told 11Alive on the night of that game, Oct. 4.
Upon the initial reopening, Barrow Sheriff Jud Smith said classes resuming was a "huge step for us healing." He said at that time that enhanced security measures at the school are in place.
"Unfortunately our most vulnerable were attacked -- our kids, our teachers in this building behind us," Sheriff Smith said in September. "But what evil did not plan for was the resiliency and strength that they have. They did not count for that -- what our community does when they come together and when we try to heal."