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Principal Issues Letter About Suicide Pact, Rumored Violence at Hudson High School
Hudson High School will see an increased police presence on Friday to ensure student safety and to "increase the feelings of safety and security."
Principal Laura Love wrote a letter on Thursday, April 28, to inform the community of a suicide pact among students and to dispel rumors of any planned violence.
informed parents that a wild rumor that "three girls planned to come to school on Friday and shoot others and then themselves" had evolved from "more of a suicide pact" among the girls.
In the letter, Love said that administrators and school counselors met with the girls and their parents had been contacted to help the students work through their issues.
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The letter came just a day after 16-year-old student was found dead in Somerset after an apparent suicide. According to a family friend, the Hudson High sophomore had been battling leukemia for more than two years.
Hudson High School will see an increased police presence on Friday to ensure student safety and to "increase the feelings of safety and security," according to the letter.
