'It never goes away’
Thirty years after the Frontier Middle School tragedy, the community gathered at the middle school to honor the strength, unity and care that followed the incident.
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Behind Frontier Middle School, sits a memorial honoring the algebra students in the classroom on the day of the incident and the staff who showed support in the years following.
On Feb. 2, 1996, three lives were lost to violence in Moses Lake. This pedestal is part of a three-piece memorial sitting outside Frontier Middle School to honor them.
The third piece of the Frontier Middle School memorial thanking the school staff, emergency personnel, medical professionals, mental health staff and the community for caring for students. The memorial also acknowledges Jon Lane, the teacher who intervened that day.
Although the rainbow mural has since been painted over at the middle school, quotes from former Frontier Middle School Principal Lisa Hanson and teacher Jon Lane adorn the hallway.
Algebra teacher, Leona Caires’s quote decorates the hallway at Frontier Middle School. Her quote and those of her fellow educators are part of how the community remembers those they lost in 1996.
The cafeteria at Frontier Middle School was set to host “We Remember” Sunday, a memorial honoring the students and teacher lost during the school shooting that happened 30 years ago.
Frontier Middle School has moved forward since the tragedy in 1996, but the campus and community still remember and honor those lost that day.
MOSES LAKE — Three decades after the tragedy at Frontier Middle School on Feb. 2, 1996, Moses Lake is still healing — quietly, together and steadily. Sunday the community gathered for “We Remember,” a 30‑year commemoration at Frontier Middle School, not to relive the trauma, but to honor the strength, unity and continued care that followed it.
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