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Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com
RIGBY Rigby is coming together again to help one another as the community following a shooting at Rigby Middle School last week.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, anyone in the community can come to Squealers Fun Park in Rigby for free for the OuR Day event. Kira Adolpho got the idea and got help from dozens in the community to make the event possible on the day before Jefferson County School District returns to school.
“When you have to cope with something a lot of people don’t understand for us, we thought this would be a great event to be a part of,” Kira’s husband, Rick Adolpho, tells EastIdahoNews.com.
Mikalson Named JCESD Superintendent
Jefferson County Education Service District and the High Desert Education Service District announced this week that Shay Mikalson will serve as JCESD’s superintendent while also continuing in his current role as chief student success officer with High Desert Education Service District. Mikalson brings 20 years of educational leadership experience to JCESD and served as superintendent for Bend La Pine Schools for 5 years prior to joining HDESD in July, 2020.
For nearly 50 years, the part-time JCESD superintendent position has been the shared responsibility of the Jefferson County School District 509-J superintendent. This year, the school board decided to split the position when JCSD 509-J announced that Superintendent Ken Parshall will be retiring in June and Jay Mathisen, currently the director of educational leadership at George Fox University, will take his place.
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Rigby students set to return to school next week as suspect is booked into 5C Detention Center
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Students are seen leaving Rigby Middle School after a shooting that wounded three Thursday morning. | Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com
RIGBY Schools in Jefferson County plan to reopen Tuesday after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School wounded three.
Jefferson County School District 251 Superintendent Chad Martin said in a news release that the decision to return to school next week comes after meeting with teachers, staff and mental health professionals. The district closed all schools Friday and classes are canceled Monday following Thursday’s shooting.
Father of teacher who disarmed Rigby school shooter describes what happened
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office vehicle outside Rigby Middle School during an investigation Thursday afternoon. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
RIGBY – Krista Gneiting, the teacher identified by law enforcement as the person who confronted and disarmed the suspect during Thursday’s shooting at Rigby Middle School, told her father she felt there was an “angel on my shoulder that was telling me what to say and what to do.”
The incident began around 9:10 a.m. – less than an hour after classes began. During a press conference Thursday afternoon, Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said a female sixth-grade student pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside the school.