Central Visual and Performing Arts High School

Hundreds have gathered to honor teacher Jean Kuczka and 15-year-old Alexzandria Bell, who were both killed in a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts last month.

Students at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience are set to start virtual instruction on Wednesday and return to in-person learning the following week or by the end of the month at the latest. There is no timeline yet for their counterparts at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School to return to class, whether in person or virtually.

A trauma resource session will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 at the St. Louis Public Library-Carpenter Library on South Grand Boulevard for students, parents and community members affected by the shooting at Central VPA High School.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Cathedral Basilica on Monday to honor Jean Kuczka, the teacher who lost her life last week when a gunman shot her and a student during an attack at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis. “The world is truly a better place because of Jean,” said her son Stephen Kuczka Jr.

Trauma surgeon Dr. LJ Punch also talked about the psychological harm gun violence causes at the harvest festival at Sumner High School.

Family members of the gunman who killed two and wounded several others during a shooting rampage at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School recently asked police to take a gun from the home, interim St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Michael Sack said Wednesday. They also had been monitoring his mental health and helped him get treatment and medication.

Alexzandria Bell, 15, was killed Monday in a school shooting in St. Louis. Friends and loved ones remember her as a vibrant person who loved to dance.

St. Louis Public Schools will make mental health support available to students and staff as long as it is needed.

Clinical psychologist Marva Robinson shares tools and resources for people dealing with trauma from the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shooting.

Police said the shooter had more than 600 rounds of ammunition when he entered the building shared by Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and the Collegiate School of Medicine and Biosciences. They are urging people to speak up if someone shows they are struggling with mental health.