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C Moon

(12,188 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 03:31 PM Mar 2015

Placentia Teacher Found Hanging In High School Classroom

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/02/report-placentia-teacher-found-hanging-in-high-school-classroom/

PLACENTIA (CBSLA.com) — A teacher was found hanging Monday inside a classroom in Placentia, according to reports.

The unidentified female teacher was found deceased inside a classroom at El Dorado High School at 1641 Valencia Avenue just before school started Monday morning, according to Placentia Police Lt. Eric Point.

Students and another teacher got her down to the floor and called 911 about 8:40 a.m., according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi.

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This is the high school I attended in Southern California.
Why would a teacher do this to her students/faculty?
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Placentia Teacher Found Hanging In High School Classroom (Original Post) C Moon Mar 2015 OP
Is it certain she committed suicide MissDeeds Mar 2015 #1
Wow. Didn't think about that. Great question! C Moon Mar 2015 #2
Probably a number of answers to your question that made sense to her at the time. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #3
There are some reports that her father had also died by suicide pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #4
+1 C Moon Mar 2015 #11
Placentia? really? Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #5
Yes, really. MineralMan Mar 2015 #6
Omg. cwydro Mar 2015 #13
Unfortunately it doesn't appear to have been pleasant, welcoming and satisfying to this woman mythology Mar 2015 #16
True enough. I doubt the original namers MineralMan Mar 2015 #17
First read of the name hooked me also, thought it was placenta. uppityperson Mar 2015 #15
yea me too then i saw what it was and i know theyre not the same but still Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #22
Sad Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #7
Horrible. I wonder what happened? Initech Mar 2015 #8
That's the high school I would have attended in the 70's IDemo Mar 2015 #9
Mental illness. Iris Mar 2015 #10
+1 C Moon Mar 2015 #12
Jesus, those kids. progressoid Mar 2015 #14
Teachers are just people REP Mar 2015 #18
I had a grade school teacher in Placentia who killed herself at home IDemo Mar 2015 #19
Good lord, that's awful. C Moon Mar 2015 #20
I don't know whether the teaching job was a factor in either case IDemo Mar 2015 #21
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
3. Probably a number of answers to your question that made sense to her at the time.
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 04:00 PM
Mar 2015

Maybe she wanted someone other than a family member to find her but wanted to know she would be seen quickly. No clue. Very sad. That being said there is probably a direct connection to the school with her reasoning.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
4. There are some reports that her father had also died by suicide
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 04:06 PM
Mar 2015
Several students on campus said the teacher's father committed suicide and that she constantly advised her students against taking their own life.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dead-652768-classroom-fire.html

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
6. Yes, really.
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 04:32 PM
Mar 2015

From the Latin. Means pleasant, welcoming, satisfying

What did you think in meant. Placenta is a different word, you know.

Learning other languages is good.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
16. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to have been pleasant, welcoming and satisfying to this woman
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 07:07 PM
Mar 2015

Hopefully her family, friends and students get any help they need to deal with this.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
9. That's the high school I would have attended in the 70's
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 04:53 PM
Mar 2015

We kids used to ride our bikes there and swim in the pool. I remember Placentia as a tremendous place to grow up. Very sad.

REP

(21,691 posts)
18. Teachers are just people
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:53 PM
Mar 2015

Maybe it was a hostile workplace. Maybe that's just where she was when the pain was too much. Maybe she didn't want to be found by her children (if she had any).

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
19. I had a grade school teacher in Placentia who killed herself at home
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:54 PM
Mar 2015

And a high school teacher here (not California) who hung himself at home. Both came as terrible shocks, I can't imagine discovering this scene at school.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
20. Good lord, that's awful.
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 09:03 PM
Mar 2015

I wasn't aware of teaching having such a high suicide rate. (if that's the case)
I know it's a lot of work, and not always rewarding.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
21. I don't know whether the teaching job was a factor in either case
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 10:12 PM
Mar 2015

I just remember a warm-hearted woman who was our choir teacher, and a man who taught our advanced placement class with a lot of insight and a sense of humor.

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