Did the principal at the time of the columbine school shooting retire?”
10 years after Columbine Shooting, Principal ‘Can’t Imagine Being Anywhere Else’ DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer 4:16 AM CDT, April 20, 2009 LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis speaks easily, almost matter-of-factly, about the personal price he paid after the massacre at his school: His marriage of 17 years collapsed, he suffered anxiety attacks and he still carries survivor’s guilt. But 10 years after students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and wounded 23 others, DeAngelis is still at his desk. He says he won’t retire until after the students who were in kindergarten the year of the bloodshed have graduated in 2011. “People ask, ‘Why are you still here?'” he said. “I can’t imagine being anywhere else, especially after the tragedy.” Now 54, DeAngelis is a diminutive, energetic man who speaks quietly but emphatically. He’s known around the school as “Mr. D,” a name he embraces. DeAngelis was in his office the morning of April 20, 1
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis speaks easily, almost matter-of-factly, about the personal price he paid after the massacre at his school: His marriage of 17 years collapsed, he suffered anxiety attacks and he still carries survivor’s guilt. But 10 years after students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and wounded 23 others, DeAngelis is still at his desk. He says he won’t retire until after the students who were in kindergarten the year of the bloodshed have graduated in 2011.
