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RIGHT NOW. IT WAS LIKE HOME. LIKE I COULD LIVE TO CALL THIS PLACE MY HOME. AND, WELL, HE HE’S LIKE A FATHER FIGURE TO ME. A RETURN TO CLASS THAT FEELS LIKE A HOMECOMING. THIS WEEK, STUDENTS ARE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM. IT STARTS RIGHT HERE IN DES MOINES. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SHOOTING THAT KILLED TWO CLASSMATES. WE’LL KEEP SHOW YOU JUST SAW THERE. THE FOUNDER OF THE EDUCATION CENTER FOR AT RISK KIDS WELCOMED THEM BACK AS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM HIS OWN SHOOTING INJURIES. ����vlog BEAU BOWMAN SHOWS US HOW CAPES IS MAKING HIS STUDENTS FEEL WELCOME AND SAFE. WE’LL STEVE WILL KEEPS WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF HIS KIDS CAME BACK TO THE NONPROFIT AND TOLD THEM NOT TO LET THE DEADLY SHOOTING SHOOTING GET IN THE WAY OF THEM FINISHING THEIR CLASSES. HER SON INFORMATION THIS WEEK, KIDS ARE BACK IN THE BUILDING AND STARTS RIGHT HERE. THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THE SHOOTING IN JANUARY THAT KILLED TWO OF THEIR CLASSMATES. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO JUST JUST BRING THAT FAMILY BASE BACK, YOU KNOW, IN AND KEEP MOVING. FOUNDER WILKIE STILL WALKS WITH THE CANE AND IS MARKED BY THE SPLINT ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHERE HE TOO WAS SHOT. HE SAYS REOPENING THE DOORS FOR THE KIDS SENDS A MESSAGE. SOMETHING AS BAD AS MURDER CAN’T STOP THEIR MISSION. 53,000 STAFF CELEBRATING THEIR STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS. THE RETURN OF NORMAL. SEE? BUT SOME STUDENTS NERVES ARE STILL ON EDGE. FIRST, I DIDN’T REALLY WANT TO COME BACK BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. AND ARMED SECURITY GUARD NOW STANDS AT THE ENTRANCE AND CAMERAS ROLL IN EVERY ROOM, OFFERING A SENSE OF SAFETY IN A PLACE MANY CONSIDER HOME. WE CAME IN AND HAD A TALK WITH A STUDENT. SO BASICALLY, JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW NOT TO GIVE UP. WE’RE WE DON’T KEEP GOING. THIS THE END PERSEVERANCE’S THE LESSON OF THE DAY. BUT KEEP SAYS IT’S NOT A NEW ONE. IT’S WHAT HIS MISSION HAS BEEN SINCE HE OPENED THE DOORS TO STRUGGLING YOUTH IN LATE 2020. AND IT’S WHAT HE HOPES HIS STUDENTS REMEMBER LONG AFTER THEY’RE FINISHED. THAT STARTS RIGHT HERE. LIKE MY SAYING, IT’S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH, BUT IT’S HOW YOU GET THROUGH. AND THESE KIDS RIGHT NOW IS LEARNING HOW TO GET THROUGH. WE ALL. NOW KEEPS TELLS ME THEY’VE ALSO ORDERED A METAL DETECTOR THAT WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF START RIGHT HERE. WE’RE LIVE IN DES MOINES. BEAU BOWMAN ����vlog