TIM PRATT
Sudduth Elementary is a school that has been marred by tragedy this winter.
A fire Dec. 28 at Academy Crossing Apartments killed nine people, including two Sudduth students, brothers Jacorian Vasser, 6, and Richard Vasser Jr., 5. Jacorian was in first grade and Richard, also known as “R.J.,” was in kindergarten.
A fire earlier this month at a motel in Hoover, Ala., killed four Mississippi University for Women students, one of whom was the niece of a Sudduth employee. Additionally, three other fires this winter have affected Sudduth students, Principal Elizabeth Mosley said Monday night.
“We decided to do something to really try to prevent this from happening again,” Mosley said.
The Starkville Fire Department held a fire-prevention workshop at Sudduth Monday night with more than 200 parents, students and teachers in attendance. The city’s firefighters hold workshops and visit schools regularly, but the rash of fires this winter has the Starkville Fire Department and the Starkville School District eager to impart fire-prevention tips to the entire community.
“With the events we’ve had recently, one positive event is you have more awareness and hopefully tonight we’re able to get the message out (about fire prevention) so something like this won’t happen again,” Starkville Fire Marshal Mark McCurdy said.
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