ALEXUS DAVILA FOR WJZ. >>> JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL AND SEVERAL OTHERS WILL BE CLOSED AS THE COMMUNITY IS COPING WITH THIS TRAGEDY. >> MIANA MASSEY ON YOUR CORNER WITH WHAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW. >> Reporter: WELL, THE DISTRICT IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT WILL BE HARD TO PROCESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY, NOW THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THIS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND IT MAY TAKE AN EMOTIONAL TOLL OVER WEEKS AND MONTHS. THE DISTRICT SAYS THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CLOSURES THIS WEEK SO JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM THURSDAY. FOLLOWING A SHOOTING INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL THAT LEFT A TEENAGER DEAD. STAFF WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO RETURN TODAY, BUT SHOULD REPORT ON TUESDAY MORNING. NEARBY, MAGNOLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY, JOPPATOWNE ELEMENTARY AND RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TODAY, THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH A MESSAGE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. >> WHEN STAFF AND STUDENTS RETURN WE WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR THEM. DESPITE THOSE CLOSURES, MEALS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM AND THERE WILL BE RESOURCES, GRIEF AND COUNSELING RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS. IT WILL BE OFF-SITE SO YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE CENTERS ON YOUR SCREEN, THE FIRST IS WINDSOR VALLEY, THE SECOND IS EDGEWOOD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THE THIRD IS EDGEWOOD EPI CENTER.