Aug 1, 2006 4:49 pm US/Central
Red Lake Principal Takes Year Leave Of Absence
Red Lake, Minn. (AP) ―
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Red Lake High School (File)
Courtesy Monte Draper, Bemidji Pioneer
Red Lake High School Principal Chris Dunshee is taking a leave of absence in 2006-07, saying he needs some distance from the school where a student went on a shooting rampage in 2005.
"I just needed to step back a little bit and take some time," said Dunshee, who took a medical leave last year at his doctor's advice because of heart problems and post-traumatic stress. "It's given me a little bit of time to kind of just step back and recuperate and catch my breath."
On the Web site, Red Lake Net News, an entry Tuesday entitled "A report to the community from Stuart Desjarlait, Red Lake superintendent of schools" said the new principal will be Everett Arnold and the new assistant principal will be Tom Bergner. No information about either person was given.
A phone message left with Desjarlait was not immediately returned.
On March 21, 2005, 16-year-old Jeff Weise killed his grandfather and grandfather's girlfriend on the reservation, then went to the school and killed seven more people, including a teacher and a security guard, before killing himself.
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