MARYSVILLE — Students at Marysville-Pilchuck High School won’t have to make up the five days of classes canceled when the campus was closed following the murder-suicide in October.
The Marysville School District requested that it get credit for the days lost because of the emergency closure. The request was approved by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Five freshmen, including the shooter, died of gunshot wounds. A sixth student survived his injuries.
The state’s decision came as a relief to Marysville Superintendent Becky Berg. It could have posed difficulties for many families’ plans to have staggered endings to their children’s academic year if they attended different schools.
“This is a perfect example of OSPI and the governor’s office working for the best outcome for each of our students,” she said.
The Marysville School District also has received word that it won’t have to make up classes at Arts & Technology and Tulalip Heritage high schools, 10th Street Middle School and Quil Ceda Elementary School. All four are next to one another and lost power during a Dec. 11 wind storm. That prompted an emergency closure the next day.
