When Abby Dougherty from Canton was a senior at Creekview High School in 2024, a gunman roughly 50 miles away at Apalachee High School in Winder killed four people and injured nine others.
When it happened, many of Dougherty’s fellow students were apathetic, “because (shootings) are something they are so used to at this point,” she said.
Others were “solemn and quiet and didn’t want to talk about it.” A few were “immature, cracking jokes and saying insensitive things.”
When Abby Dougherty from Canton was a senior at Creekview High School in 2024, a gunman roughly 50 miles away at Apalachee High School in Winder killed four people and injured nine others.
When it happened, many of Dougherty’s fellow students were apathetic, “because (shootings) are something they are so used to at this point,” she said.
Others were “solemn and quiet and didn’t want to talk about it.” A few were “immature, cracking jokes and saying insensitive things.”
Then came the rumors about threats of another shooting planned at her school.
