In Lewiston, school administrators are reaching out to parents and families in the wake of the sudden death of a Lewiston Middle School student on Tuesday.
According to police, the student’s death was reported early on Tuesday morning. Officials have yet to release the cause of death, but school administrators are sending information home about how to help students through grief and crisis.
According to media reports, students protested outside Lewiston Middle School on Wednesday and said staff members needed to better address bullying within the school.
Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster says right now, the district is contacting families and bringing in counselors to help students emotionally in the wake of their classmate’s death.
“We need to do all we can to provide schools and parents and families the resources to help their teens get through that,” he says.
The district is also planning a “community conversation” on Thursday. Webster says the event is intended to help students, parents and other community members discuss the student’s death and talk more broadly about the challenges that students face in and out of school every day.
This story was originally published on May 24, 2017 at 3:38 p.m.
