Ciara Whitney was a sophomore at Daniel Boone Area High school. due to her cause of death, which was suicide, the school board refuses to give her an honoring plaque. The school believe that this will promote suicide. I do not agree with this because she was apart of this school, just like everyone rlse who was honored on the plaques.
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May 4, 2017
I spent this morning reading through the stories you have shared because I want to make sure Ciara is remembered for the light she brought to those hallways. The board continues to insist that a plaque would send the wrong message though I know that ignoring her existence only hurts those of us who still miss her every day.
May 4, 2017
The outpouring of support for Ciara has been overwhelming and shows just how much she meant to all of us. Seeing so many people recognize her place in our school history helps me keep going when the board makes me feel like I am fighting alone.
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May 4, 2017
57 Comments
My brother committed suicide. Ciara's family is hurting enough. The least you can do is give her an honoring plaque,
Mental Health is an ILLNESS just as Cancer, leukemia, lymphoma are. We need to stop with the labels--it's shameful that you won't honor this student. Would you not put a Plaque up for someone that succumbed to their illness or is it just "certain illnesses" and Mental Health doesn't fit your criteria--shameful.
Enough shame and guilt already surrounds families that have to deal with suicide. It's unbelievable that the school board would reject honoring their student who lost her fight with mental illness. Remembering her life in a dignified way is in no way encouraging suicide. Please respect her and her family and allow them to find some peace with the simple act of having a plaque placed in the school.
Boone glossed over the details when they first announced it to the school, and by not giving her a plaque, it does two things; it shows that they still don't care about what happened, and that they refuse to respect who she was and her lasting memory.
she was just as much of a student as the rest of us. she wasnt just a student but a bestfriend, a sister, a daughter, and someone who had endless possibilities ahead of her. Just because she lost her daily exhausting battle with mental health complications doesn't mean she's any less honorable than the other people we've lost in this community. forever my love Ciedda. <3
I think she deserves one just because she killed herself doesn't mean anything you don't know what was going on at home
Hi Zack, we certainly don't understand the complexities of funding/decision-making associated with obtaining a school plaque for our daughter, but we would love to have Ciara honored, remembered, and commemorated by something (a plaque, a tree, a mural etc.) at the school that reflects the joy and laughter she brought to the lives she touched. That said, there are no words that possibly begin to reflect the excruciatingly painful loss we feel but in time, we can only hope it can soften somewhat with the memories of our wonderful 15-year-old daughter. But if, like our tragic story (http://tinyurl.com/CiaraWhitney) and the book plaques in the local library in books she liked, it causes even one person to use a semi-colon instead of a period, her tribute will matter as much as her very sweet and oh-too-short life did. As Project Semicolon put it, "A semicolon represents a sentence the author could have ended, but chose not to. That author is you and the sentence is your life."
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Ciara Whitney was a sophomore at Daniel Boone Area High school. due to her cause of death, which was suicide, the school board refuses to give her an honoring plaque. The school believe that this will promote suicide. I do not agree with this because she was apart of this school, just like everyone rlse who was honored on the plaques.
Updates
May 4, 2017
I spent this morning reading through the stories you have shared because I want to make sure Ciara is remembered for the light she brought to those hallways. The board continues to insist that a plaque would send the wrong message though I know that ignoring her existence only hurts those of us who still miss her every day.
May 4, 2017
The outpouring of support for Ciara has been overwhelming and shows just how much she meant to all of us. Seeing so many people recognize her place in our school history helps me keep going when the board makes me feel like I am fighting alone.
Reached 100 supporters
May 4, 2017
57 Comments
This is about honor- each child deserves honor- not given shame. what you as a school would do to not put a plaque up for her would add more shame to a problem that needs love and understanding to prevent it.
My brother committed suicide. Ciara's family is hurting enough. The least you can do is give her an honoring plaque,
Mental Health is an ILLNESS just as Cancer, leukemia, lymphoma are. We need to stop with the labels--it's shameful that you won't honor this student. Would you not put a Plaque up for someone that succumbed to their illness or is it just "certain illnesses" and Mental Health doesn't fit your criteria--shameful.
Enough shame and guilt already surrounds families that have to deal with suicide. It's unbelievable that the school board would reject honoring their student who lost her fight with mental illness. Remembering her life in a dignified way is in no way encouraging suicide. Please respect her and her family and allow them to find some peace with the simple act of having a plaque placed in the school.
Boone glossed over the details when they first announced it to the school, and by not giving her a plaque, it does two things; it shows that they still don't care about what happened, and that they refuse to respect who she was and her lasting memory.
she was just as much of a student as the rest of us. she wasnt just a student but a bestfriend, a sister, a daughter, and someone who had endless possibilities ahead of her. Just because she lost her daily exhausting battle with mental health complications doesn't mean she's any less honorable than the other people we've lost in this community. forever my love Ciedda. <3
I think she deserves one just because she killed herself doesn't mean anything you don't know what was going on at home
Hi Zack, we certainly don't understand the complexities of funding/decision-making associated with obtaining a school plaque for our daughter, but we would love to have Ciara honored, remembered, and commemorated by something (a plaque, a tree, a mural etc.) at the school that reflects the joy and laughter she brought to the lives she touched. That said, there are no words that possibly begin to reflect the excruciatingly painful loss we feel but in time, we can only hope it can soften somewhat with the memories of our wonderful 15-year-old daughter. But if, like our tragic story (http://tinyurl.com/CiaraWhitney) and the book plaques in the local library in books she liked, it causes even one person to use a semi-colon instead of a period, her tribute will matter as much as her very sweet and oh-too-short life did. As Project Semicolon put it, "A semicolon represents a sentence the author could have ended, but chose not to. That author is you and the sentence is your life."
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This is about honor- each child deserves honor- not given shame. what you as a school would do to not put a plaque up for her would add more shame to a problem that needs love and understanding to prevent it.