Tuesday, December 14, 2021

The United States of America has a youth mental health problem.

As a rule young people don't die in numbers such as this from COVID.

December 13, 2021
By Madeline Mitchell

Anderson High School students and staff (click here) had only just begun to grieve the loss of senior Brock Vogel when, three days later, another senior student died unexpectedly in her sleep.

Skylar Due was 18, according to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office. An investigation into her death is ongoing, officials with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office told The Enquirer Monday afternoon.

On Monday, Forest Hills Superintendent Scot Prebles canceled end of the semester exams at both Anderson and Turpin high schools.

"The loss of student life is tragic. Moments like these are hard to understand and process for students as well as staff, parents and community members," the district wrote in a Monday statement. The full statement can be found at the end of this story....

...This was the second Anderson High School death in one week, and the fourth Anderson student to die in less than a year....