who were fatally shot Sunday<\/a> by their father in an attack that also killed their cousin. The shooting rattled classrooms in Shreveport where teachers like Hall on Monday came face-to-face with distraught parents and a messy stew of emotions.<\/p>\nIn Hall’s classroom at Johnnie L. Cochran Head Start, it’s likely students noticed Braylon’s absence immediately. Each day, Hall instructs her students to look around for friends who aren’t there. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they come back tomorrow, we can tell them, \u2018Hey, we missed you, we\u2019re glad you\u2019re back’\u201d she tells them.<\/p>\n
But Hall wasn’t ready to tell the students that the boy she described as a \u201ccool little dude\u201d wasn’t returning. She kept circle-time moving. Numb and heartbroken, she lasted until noon and then went home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m no good to my babies right now because I just feel like I need to be in a moment of silence and just pray,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
At Head Start, preparation’s for next month’s graduation ceremony have been in full swing. Hall, an organist and pianist at her local Baptist church, wrote a song for the ceremony.<\/p>\n
Students, who dress in caps and gowns for the festivities, have been busy learning the words, excited about the prospect of starting kindergarten in the fall. Hall was working hard to make sure they were ready.<\/p>\n
Just last Thursday, she pulled Braylon’s mother aside during morning drop-off, boasting that Braylon was writing his first and last name. Braylon also was getting so independent, squirting syrup for his pancakes onto his plate by himself. He didn’t even need a reminder to wash his hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cBraylon doesn\u2019t give me any problems,\u201d she told his mother.<\/p>\n
Braylon greeted Hall \u2014 known to her students as \u201cMrs. Hall\u201d \u2014 each day with a small wave.<\/p>\n
As the year progressed, she nudged more gap-toothed smiles from him. He loved his time on the playground \u2014 playing chase, tag and even partaking in “a little wrassling.\u201d She laughed as she remembered it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was for the majority of the time kind of a quiet little soul in the classroom,” she said. “When he did get a little extra energy or something, it was just a joy to see him smile and laugh.”<\/p>\n
But then came Sunday. After church, she went to her mother’s house. It was then that she stumbled across an article about the shooting. <\/p>\n
The number of victims was so high she struggled to comprehend it. Then she learned Braylon was among the victims. She also knew one of his brothers. He had been a Head Start student at the school last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just broke down and just started crying,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The same thing happened Monday morning at drop off when she locked eyes with a parent. Neither could say anything; the preschoolers were all around them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just immediately broke down,\u201d she said. So too did the parent and a teacher’s aide.<\/p>\n
She is relying on her faith now. She prays for the dead, for the families and also for the teachers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019m just praying for all the educators that were connected to these children because it\u2019s tough because my parents\u2019 babies, they become my babies. And I treat them like they\u2019re my own. So I\u2019m just really praying that he sustains us all during this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust give us that strength.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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