RETURN TO A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. TOMORROW AND FRIDAY WILL BE HALF DAYS HERE AT JOPPATOWNE. HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE THE FIRST TIME STUDENTS ARE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF 15 YEAR OLD WARREN GRANT ON FRIDAY. IT'S PARTIALLY WHY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WROTE MESSAGES LIKE THESE FOR STUDENTS TO SEE IN THE MORNING. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT LEADING TO JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL ONE DAY BEFORE STUDENTS GO BACK INSIDE, SOME OF THOSE MESSAGES WRITTEN BY TAMAR PERRY, A MOTHER WHO LOST ONE CHILD TO GUN VIOLENCE IN 2010 AND HAS TWO FRESHMEN SET TO GO BACK THROUGH THESE DOORS ON FRIDAY. WE CAN'T EXPECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE I WROTE OVER THERE THAT IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY AND JUST KEEP TALKING TO YOUR KIDS. JUST KEEP SOME POSITIVITY IN AND JUST SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BECAUSE THEY NEED HELP. CINDY KRUEGER, A PTA PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOL, HELPED COORDINATE THIS DISPLAY OUTSIDE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BRING COMFORT TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT ARE WALKING IN TO THE PLACE OF THE TRAGEDY. PRINCIPAL WILLIAMS AND TEACHER ERICA RICHARDSON RELEASING THIS VIDEO TODAY, EXPLAINING WHAT THE FIRST DAY BACK WILL LOOK LIKE. RETURNING TO SCHOOL IS ESSENTIAL TO REESTABLISH CONSISTENCY FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WE PROCESS THIS TRAGEDY. THEY SAY TOMORROW, 10TH AND 12TH GRADERS WILL DISMISS THREE HOURS EARLY FRIDAY. THE SAME GOES FOR EVERYONE. STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING ANY TYPE OF BOOK BAG INTO THE SCHOOL, AND THEY ADD LESSONS WILL BE FLEXIBLE AND STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO MEET WITH GRIEF COUNSELORS. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, A A PERFECT FIX. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN THAN ANY POLICY TO KEEP STUFF LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING. TONIGHT, THE CLASS OF 2011 WELCOMED COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO THE JOPPATOWNE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO WRITE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF AHEAD OF THAT FIRST BELL. WE JUST WANT TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HERE, EVEN IN MOMENTS OF TRAGEDY THAT MAY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT YOU CAN COME HERE, THERE'S A SAFE HAVEN ANYWHERE. THEY ALSO ARE ENCOURAGING DONATIONS. WE ARE DONATING SUPPLIES TO THE SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVE ANY WATER, CHIPS, SNACKS, THE TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR THAT. YOU CAN JUST DROP IT TO THE CHURCH A AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAND IT OVER TO THEM. A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR THEM TO WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR. THEY'RE GOING TO REMEMBER THEY'RE GOING TO SEE HIM IN THEIR MIND THE WAY THEY SAW HIM ON FRIDAY. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR THEM. I THINK THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPAL SHOULDN'T EXPECT THAT MUCH FROM THEM TOMORROW OR FRIDAY. AND THE SCHOOL SAYS THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, INCLUDING FROM HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IN AND AROUND