Students return, fear remains at Texas shooting site

SANTA FE, Texas —Likesome of her classmates, senior Brooke Williams had mixed emotions about returning Tuesday to classes at Santa Fe High School, where a student fatally shot 10 people in the nation’s deadliest school attack since the massacre in Parkland, Florida.

“I’m not excited to go back to school. I’m actually pretty scared to, but I feel like that’s the reason why I need to go back. I don’t want to be scared of this the rest of my life,” Williams said.

Less than two weeks after the shooting, students at the school near Houston were greeted by more than 20 law enforcement vehicles and supporters holding signs.

The teens lined up in front of the school’s main entrance. They were not allowed to carry backpacks or large purses and were required to showanid.

All students then gathered for a two-hour assembly honoring the victims, and counselors were available to talk about the May 18 slayings of eight students and two substitute teachers.

s, parents, teachers and staff members privately and presenting first responders with an award for their actions

Senior Hailey Hubbard was returning for her final week of high school.

“Honestly, I just want to go back so I can see my friends and not spend my last three days of senior year just being secluded in a room,” Hubbard said.