A reader shared with us news that was sent out Wednesday to the Timber Ridge Elementary School community that one of its custodians, Jimmy Grier, has died.
Principal Shannon McGill e-mailed parents and staff to say that in his 10 years in the job, “Mr. Jimmy impacted many students and staff during his time at Timber Ridge. The Timber Ridge School community will greatly miss his presence.”
She urged parents to help their students with grieving and to contact school counselors if they desired.
A recent social media posting from the Timber Ridge PTA included a photo of Grier and head custodian Thomas Fleming (above) ahead of National Custodian Appreciation Day next week.
On Thursday, the Timber Ridge PTA posted this notice on its Facebook page:
As many of you know, Monday is national Custodian Appreciation Day, and so many beautiful cards and notes were written for Mr. Jimmy. We plan to send those cards to his family in a few weeks, so that they will know just how much we all loved him. The PTA will also make a memorial to Mr. Jimmy, and we will share that information with you as it becomes available.
Finally, not only do we plan to give Ms Theresa and Mr. Thomas all of the cards and notes you made, along with gift cards the PTA purchased, we would also like to encourage each of you to give them extra love in the days and weeks to come.
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