ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After the recent suicide of a St. Clairsville-Richland City School District student, parents showed up in droves to Wednesday morning’s school board meeting to discuss ways to keep a tragedy like that from happening again.

The meeting, held at 7 a.m. instead of the usual 5 p.m. to accommodate a board member’s schedule, was standing-room only, as the board and parents had a candid conversation about the school can ensure another student doesn’t feel the need to commit suicide.

Parent Kayla Kidd addressed the board by first expressing that she wants the board to understand that she isn’t personally attacking them while commending its members’ dedication to the students.

“Our school community has endured the unimaginable loss of four students in four years to suicide,” Ki

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