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The grief and mourning continue for the 17 students and staff killed on the afternoon of Feb. 14 during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But something else is happening among the anguish of the interrupted lives of the victims and survivors. Out of the agony, activism has emerged and students from across South Florida are speaking out together asking for stricter gun controls. Here's a list of grief counseling resources available for the community.

Florida’s 2019 Principal Of The Year Is Named New Principal At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Broward County Public Schools
Flanagan High School Principal Michelle Kefford

Michelle Kefford, the Flanagan High School principal who was recently named Florida’s 2019 principal of the year, will be the new principal at Stoneman Douglas High, replacing Ty Thompson (and co-principal Teresa Hall).

Kefford was formerly a science teacher at Stoneman Douglas.

Teachers were told at a 7:15 a.m.staff meeting by Superintendent Robert Runcie and district administrators Valerie Wanza and Michael Ramirez.

It remains unclear what will have to three assistant principals — Jeff Morford, Winifred Porter and Denise Reed— who were transferred out of the school in November, after a report by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission questioned their leadership roles related to the massacre.

Read more at the South Florida Sun Sentinel

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