Recent Shooting Deaths of 3 Students Have Mesquite ISD Counselors Battling ‘caregiver Exhaustion'

The shooting death of 16-year-old Wayne Osborne last weekend triggered an all-too-familiar response from Mesquite ISD counselors.Another young life lost, many innocent friends and classmates to console and an even heavier burden on a school district counseling team still reeling from the shocking death the previous weekend of Mesquite High student Jordan Edwards.This week, counselors responded to John Horn High School, where Wayne was enrolled. He was the third student in the district of 40,000 killed by gunfire in the past six weeks.  Continue reading...