Bend-La Pine Schools board holds somber first meeting after Silver Rail shooting

Bend-La Pine Schools board holds somber first meeting after Silver Rail shooting

The Bend-La Pine Schools board met Tuesday for the first time since the deadly Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary.Most of the 50 seats in the board room were full for an at times somber evening meeting, as board members grappled with the district’s immediate response to the shooting, considered new plans for school security and heard pleas from parents and teachers about how to heal the school community and take care of the district’s mo…