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RICHMOND - On a cold day last January, 17-year-old Tristan Bailey walked into history class to find a woman he didn't know sitting in his friend's usual seat. The woman, a Richmond Public Schools instructional specialist named Tess Short, had dressed like a teen: in jeans, a hoodie and pink Converse. She was there, the teacher explained, because Bailey's childhood friend Jaden Carter had been shot to death the day before behind the school baseball fields.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for
Chrystal Reyes, a junior at George Wythe High, wants to attend the Univ. of Pennsylvania and become a veterinarian. But first, she needs to graduate high school where she is worried about her safety.