Most students in a Georgia school district affected by a shooting will return to school on Tuesday

ATLANTA (AP) — Many students in Barrow County, Georgia, will return to school Tuesday, six days after a shooting at the school district's Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta killed two teachers and two students.

While no return-to-class date has been set for the 1,900 students at that high school, the 13,000 students at other Barrow County schools will return, including those at the middle and elementary schools adjacent to the Apalachee campus in Winder.

Superintendent Dallas LeDuff said in a video message Sunday that sheriff's deputies and state troopers will provide extra security when schools reopen Tuesday and that counseling will be available at all campuses. He said students or staff who are not ready to return should contact the school's principal for help.

“We know the coming days will be difficult and that some of our staff and students are not ready to return to school,” LeDuff said. “We also believe that as a school system, it is our responsibility to provide a safe place for those who are.”

Sabrina Masters Reed, a third-grade teacher at Holsenback Elementary School, said she attended a grief and trauma training on Monday. She said she isn't sure how many students will return Tuesday, but said many parents need to have their children back so they can go to work without having to find child care.

Many people in the community are still in shock nearly a week after the shootings, said Reed, who heads the district chapter of the Georgia Association of Educators, the state's second-largest teachers' union.

“I know other colleagues — who are parents — and parents who chose this community because they thought it was safe here,” Reed said of the rapidly suburbanizing county of 90,000 residents. “The thing is, I think it's a safe place here in Barrow County. It's just a sad fact that tragedies like this can happen anywhere in any community in the United States.”

Relatives and friends are mourning the victims, including teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. A memorial service was held for Aspinwall on Sunday, while a congregation of the Romanian Orthodox Church honored Irimie. Her funeral is scheduled for Saturday.

Colt Gray, 14, is charged as an adult with fourteen counts of murder, and District Attorney Brad Smith has said he will likely face additional charges in connection with the injuries. Authorities have also charged his 54-year-old father, Colin Gray, with first-degree murder, manslaughter and child abuse. Investigators allege Colin Gray gave his son access to the gun even though he knew or should have known the teen was a danger to himself and others.

Another teacher and eight other students were injured, seven of them by gunshots. Other injured people are being released from hospitals. Doug Griffith said his 15-year-old daughter, Natalie Griffith, was released from the hospital Monday after being treated for gunshot wounds to her arm and wrist.

Natalie Griffith is a freshman who plays flute in the band. She was shot in her algebra class.

“She has an A in algebra and is extremely proud of it,” said Doug Griffith.

Griffith is one of several relatives seeking to raise money through GoFundMe. He said he wants to make sure his daughter gets help and also support other victims.

“I just want to make sure she gets the support she needs because this is uncharted territory,” Griffith said.

On Monday, the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and county authorities opened a Community Recovery Center in Winder that offers counseling, legal and financial assistance, and other services.