Knox County Schools sets meeting in response to rash of student suicides

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KNOXVILLE - Three Farragut High School students committed suicide this semester, including two within the past month, prompting Knox County Schools officials to schedule a meeting Thursday for parents to air their concerns and discuss a plan for moving forward.

Dozens of students gathered in the school's parking lot Monday night in remembrance of the latest victim, a senior who, according to a Knox County Sheriff's Office incident report, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his truck Friday night near Anchor Park in West Knox County.

The Times Free Press does not identify suicides.

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