ABSTRACT
W hen the school com m unity experiences a death, it is as though som e one has dropped a m onkey w rench into the m achinery and everything comes to a standstill. One quickly finds that getting on w ith the business of the day is difficult at best (Cassini & Rogers, 1991). M any staff m em bers and students are too upset to fulfill their responsibilities for a day or two. The m ain office can be flooded w ith phone calls from parents, the media, and o ther interested officials or residents.
