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Denver East students, parents struggle with ongoing violence: “High school shouldn’t be like this”

Shooting of two administrators inside East High comes weeks after a 16-year-old student was fatally shot

Isabella DeJoseph, 15, center left, is embraced by her mother Alana as they leave Denver’s East High School in Denver, Colorado, after a shooting there on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Police said a student shot two adult male faculty members, and that a known suspect had left the school. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Isabella DeJoseph, 15, center left, is embraced by her mother Alana as they leave Denver’s East High School after a shooting there on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Police said a student shot two adult male faculty members, and that a known suspect had left the school. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 03: Denver Post reporter Jessica Seaman. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 4: Shelly Bradbury - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post, | jseaman@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and | sbradbury@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Janaiya Hopper sobbed into her mother’s shoulder as a single tear trickled down her mom Jamela Brown’s cheek. When the two finished their hug, the teen looked at her mother, and said, “I don’t want to go back to school.”
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