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Starts Right Here students return to DMPS' Options Academy on Tuesday

Starts Right Here students return to DMPS' Options Academy on Tuesday
WITH BREAKING NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED TONIGHT TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF MONDAY’S DEADLY SHOOTINGS AT THE START RIGHT HERE, YOUTH CENTER THAT POINT, POLICE NOW SAY ANOTHER MAN IS CHARGED IN THE KILLINGS OF 16 YEAR OLD RASHAD CARR AND 18 YEAR OLD JOHNNY DAMRON. BOTH WERE SHOT AND KILLED WHEN POLICE SAY 18 YEAR OLD PRESTON WAS WALKED INTO THE CENTER AND OPENED FIRE. AND NOW POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE MAN THEY SAY ACTED AS THE GETAWAY DRIVER. KCCI BEAU BOWMAN HAS THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S AHEAD FOR STARTS RIGHT HERE. WELL, STACEY, JUST WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR, POLICE TELL US THEY HAVE CHARGED BRAVEN MICHAEL DUKES WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE STARTS RIGHT HERE, SHOOTING POLICE SAY TWO OAKS DROVE THE GETAWAY CAR AFTER PRESTON WALSH SHOT AND KILLED RASHAD CARR AND JOHNNY DAMIEN AND INJURED WELL, KEEPS OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THAT GETAWAY CAR WITH THE SUSPECT WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF THE SHOOTING TO THIS WOODED AREA JUST OFF OF THOMAS BECK ROAD, JUST ABOUT TWO MILES FROM STARTS RIGHT HERE. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL SINCE THE SHOOTING ON MONDAY AND STARTS RIGHT. AND THAT STARTS RIGHT HERE. A SPOKESMAN WITH DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOL SAYS TEACHERS HAVE BEEN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH STUDENTS THROUGH EMAIL. BUT NEXT WEEK, THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE BACK IN CLASS IN A DIFFERENT BUILDING. STARTING TUESDAY, DPS PLANS TO RESUME CLASSES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE OPTION ACADEMY AT THE KURT CENTER ON PORTER STREET OPTIONS ACADEMY IS A HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM, HELPING STUDENTS EARN A DIPLOMA AT THEIR OWN PACE AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN PROGRAMS LIKE STARTS RIGHT HERE TO DO SO. DPS SAYS THEY HAVE ABOUT 40 TO 50 STUDENTS ENROLLED THAT STARTS RIGHT HERE THROUGH OPTIONS. ACADEMY STARTS RIGHT HERE, HAS NOT ANNOUNCED WHEN THEIR CAMPUS WILL REOPEN. THE FAMILIES OF THE TWO STUDENTS KILLED IN THIS WEEK’S SHOOTING ARE ORGANIZING A VIGIL FRIDAY NIGHT OUTSIDE IT STARTS RIGHT HERE IS FACILITY GO FUND ME FUNDRAISERS HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $20,000 FOR JOHNNY DAHLMER IN AND RASHOD CARR’S FAMILIES TO HELP WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES. POLICE SAY BOTH VICTIMS WERE INVOLVED IN A LOCAL GANG OPPOSING THE GANG. THE SHOOTER BELONGED TO THEIR FAMILY, DENIED THAT CLAIM IN A WEDNESDAY PRESS CONFERENCE. MY SON WAS A REALLY GOOD PERSON. HE HAD A LOVE FOR EVERYBODY CLOSE TO HIM. WE TREAT EVERYBODY THERE AS FRIENDS, LIKE FAMILY. HE WAS CLOSE TO FAMILY AND PEOPLE THAT I KNEW THAT EVEN KNOW HE WAS COOL. WE LIKE THAT HE WAS VERY VIBRANT, VERY HAPPY PERSON, VERY POSITIVE. PRESTON WAS THE MAN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF MURDER, IS BEING HELD IN THE POLK COUNTY JAIL ON A $2.5 MILLION BOND AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY THIRD. BRAVEN MICHAEL TWO WILL NOW JOIN WALLS IN THE POLK COUNTY JAIL. POLICE ADDED IN THEIR UPDATE JUST BEFORE 530 TONIGHT. THEY HAV
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Starts Right Here students return to DMPS' Options Academy on Tuesday
Starts Right Here students have been out of school since the shooting at the nonprofit on Monday. A spokesman with Des Moines Public Schools says teachers have been keeping in touch with those students through email, but next week those students will be back in class, in a different building.Starting Tuesday, DMPS plans to resume classes for students enrolled in the Options Academy at the Kurtz Center on Porter Street.Options Academy is a high school credit recovery program helping students earn a diploma at their own pace, and allows students to take part in programs like Starts Right Here.DMPS says they have about 40-50 students enrolled at Starts Right Here through Options Academy. Starts Right Here has not announced when its campus will reopen.

Starts Right Here students have been out of school since the shooting at the nonprofit on Monday.

A spokesman with Des Moines Public Schools says teachers have been keeping in touch with those students through email, but next week those students will be back in class, in a different building.

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Starting Tuesday, DMPS plans to resume classes for students enrolled in the Options Academy at the Kurtz Center on Porter Street.

Options Academy is a high school credit recovery program helping students earn a diploma at their own pace, and allows students to take part in programs like Starts Right Here.

DMPS says they have about 40-50 students enrolled at Starts Right Here through Options Academy.

Starts Right Here has not announced when its campus will reopen.