Obituary for Reba Holmes, children from Prairie Grove ‘killed’ in contentious hoax

After allegedly showing teachers a video of their kids being killed in a school shooting, two officials of the Prairie Grove School District resigned.

According to William Dick, Middle School Principal Shayne Taylor has also been placed on leave for the remainder of the school year, and Sheriff Reba Holmes has been placed on leave with immediate effect and will retire at the end of the academic year. Chair of the Prairie Grove School Board. Friday’s special meeting of the school board included a roughly 10-minute break, according to Dick.

Without debate, the board voted on three different proposals when it resumed its public meeting, according to Dick. With the exception of Bart Orr, who was at the family gathering, all three motions were approved by a unanimous vote of the board members present. The first request is for Holmes to be able to continue working until June 30.

The second proposal would grant Taylor paid leave from personal vacation and sick leave through June 30. Holmes and Taylor won’t be paid while on leave, according to Dick.

The next move, according to Dick, is to immediately name Assistant Superintendent Pete Joenks as interim superintendent. Since July 2018, Joenks has worked for Prairie Grove Schools. He had previously served as Springdale High School’s headmaster.

The training film that was shown to teachers on Wednesday appears to be the cause of the administrator’s request for leave, but according to Dick, the board has not yet responded to the video. He said that the board merely took into account prior personnel actions. Holmes and Taylor reportedly asked for time off on Friday morning, according to Dick.

Dick said that he had not viewed the video but that he had received a call on Wednesday from a teacher who was troubled by it. Teachers and parents were there, and Dick claimed that instead of asking them to leave the room as is customary at board meetings, the board retired to a separate room for the meeting. Taylor and Holmes were absent from the meeting.

Dick opted not to elaborate further on the personnel strategies. Board members at the meeting can be heard telling the audience that their teachers should be supported since they are “the individuals who raised our children” on a video recording of the meeting.

Taylor displayed a video to teachers on Wednesday afternoon, middle school teacher Aubrey Crain informed media representatives present at the meeting. She described the video as having a grandiose aesthetic and sad soundtrack. The video, according to Crane, shows that a shooter entered Prairie Grove Middle School on December 14, 2022. So many people are hurt and killed. The victims are listed below. Crane claimed that the footage Then, images of the teacher’s own children were displayed as though they had perished in a school shooting.

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